Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-34018739-20190327152005/@comment-1844049-20190417100354

RdcTohoKingdom wrote: Jayspyder wrote: So, uh Kotal and Jade. That's a apparently a thing now. Really wasn't expecting it. Some people were saying that some of Jade's intros with Baraka made it sound like she was going to betray Kotal, but they forget the match intro dialogues don't always pertain to the main story.

Still, that hasn't stopped others from already shipping Kotal and Jade and cracking their jokes about Jade tasting "the blade of Osh-Tekk". What a Kommunity. Yeah I find the pairing pretty cringey.

In all fairness, I've never really given any thought as to who would be the best choice for Jade's romantic partner (I've theorized about an urequited love for Kitana but that's about it), but even still......this just doesn't work for me. Honestly, I don't really mind it. I think it presents a good opportunity to develop Kotal's character specifically. He comes off as more of a anti-hero, he's too barbaric and ruthless to really be considered a good guy but at the same time he's not maliciously evil like Shao Kahn. And Jade possibly having to choose between her love for Kotal and loyalty to Kitana does add a bit of drama.