re: jakemorph
been a while since i read through the comic but correct me if i'm wrong:
rosemary was defined in the comic, a lot of their dynamic happened on screen. like they are defined partners for the latter half of the comic. so it's a bit dishonest to say the only reason it's seen as a real ship is because of fanfiction and legacy clout.

until the epilogues i only really remember them having issues with rose developing a drinking problem, and kanaya hiding her own vamp related drinking issue she was developing for a second. but then that got resolved.

kankri =/= the signless in the same way that bro =/= dirk

they are pre scratch versions of the latter character. so kankri's friendship with meulin doesn't really say much about the signless' relationship with the disciple. also not having any sort of relationship with someone doesn't make it dysfunctional outside of I guess it can't function if it doesn't exist?