I'm willing to discuss almost anything.I can't believe this is a topic of debate lol
The right partnership might make all the difference. Personally I think Ksenia doesn't lack a unique factor about her skating; she's very captivating and alluring. I think she just needs to hammer down the technical; getting 3T-3T and fixing her twist will make the biggest difference.
I agree Ksenia is special, captivating and alluring. But the main problem will be the 3T-3T. Even if she's able to find a partner who can do 3T-3T consistently, I doubt that she'll ever be able to make this combo reliable, even at her best the rotation was questionable. And she's getting older and I don't think she'll be able to go to Mishin for some extra training sessions.
By the way, I don't think they ever really needed a triple-triple or a throw quad. I think they spent too much time on upping their technical, causing all those injuries. A year ago I thought that Aljona and Bruno would definitely need that quad twist. Ok, against a stellar Sui/Han they would have needed it, but going clean is still the most important thing. I think that Stolbova/Klimov could have grabbed some championships titles on their way, if they would have been a little bit more conservative technically.