The line between Spirk and canon is far finer than most people realize. Their relationship in canon is incredibly loving. The ship doesn’t make them love each other in a special way, that’s canons doing. The only difference between canon and the ship is the details. Essentially are they sexually involved or not. That’s it, that’s the difference. And I suppose are they romantically involved or not, but in this case that’s a difference of terminology, because canon Kirk and Spock love each other and call it friendship while Spirk love each other and call it romance.













