Marshknife

Marshknife
GENERAL
Inanimate Insanity
Character	Knife
Character	Marshmallow
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Former murderer x murdered Better Terms
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Het
Also Known As	Knifemallow, Knarshmallow, Mafe, Sweet Death

Marshknife is the het ship between Knife and Marshmallow from the Inanimate Insanity fandom.

Canon

Knife said that life was no fun without Paper, and he asked Marshmallow if she wanted to have some fun. She replied "You bet your Marsh I do!" and Knife said that he bet his marsh that since he is very strong and Marshmallow is weak in comparison that he could throw her a very far distance. Marshmallow declined the offer, but Knife picked her up anyway and threw her as she screamed. Knife then questioned how that he could "bet a Marsh" as Marshmallow flew into Balloon and popped him. Knife wanted to cheer Nickel up and comes up with making s'mores, so he grabbed Marshmallow, stuck a twig through her, and roasted her on a fire. Nickel, however, refused to eat her, and said that he could sometimes be a real... something, but the intro cut him off. During the challenge, Knife suggests that Marshmallow being the smallest should go first. Marshmallow, being inactive due to him burning her earlier, doesn't respond, but he helps Marshmallow over the gorge anyway, actually successfully. However, she obviously lost in the second round. (Tug-of-war).

Knife shows Nickel and OJ the wonders of electricity by dragging his feet on the ground and then shocking Marshmallow. He laughed at her, saying that she is so much fun to mess with. As a result, she hit a button on a remote that revealed a launchpad underneath where Knife was previously standing, that made him fly into a gorge, causing him to cut into an apple. She reveals to Nickel that she got the remote from Wal-Mart and that it came with a free cucumber, which Pickle takes. When Knife doesn't rejoin, he states that he will be out soon, and when he is, they "can have some more fun". This was likely directed at Marshmallow, referring to the first time they interacted in Episode 3 when he asked Marshmallow if she wanted to "have some fun". When Marshmallow is eliminated, she is sent to Idiotic Island where Knife threateningly welcomes her, leading to Marsh crying out in anguish and fear.

After Knife was done roleplaying as Bow to vote Paper out, Marshmallow replies "Seems legit.". Marshmallow isn't happy when the ball goes to Knife instead of her.

Marshmallow has Bow's Ghost destroy the one thing Knife held dearly; the Dora Doll he got as a prize back in season one's episode 5; The Stacker. Bow's Ghost possessed the doll and Knife angrily asks who is doing this. In the background Marshmallow yells "it's someone you used to constantly bully!" in which Knife responds that this answer doesn't really tell him who it is. So the ghost then says, "Adios!" which is funny because it means goodbye in Spanish and the fact that Dora is Spanish. After destroying the doll Bow's ghost throws him out the window of the mansion, suggesting Marshmallow wanted extra revenge against Knife for him bullying her in the past.

Knife attempts to justify his murders of Marshmallow by stating that "she always came back!", leading the other contestants to heavily disagree with him.' Marshmallow rants to Paintbrush, Fan, and Test Tube about how Knife continuously tortured her. Later in the episode, when the Purgatory Mansion group is able to make contact with Knife and Suitcase, Marshmallow remarks on how Knife didn't value her life. Knife apologizes to her for everything, but she doesn't accept his apology. Knife saves Marshmallow before she dies inside of Mephone. He picks her up and throws her to the finish line, He ends up dying himself.

Fanon

This ship is a bit of a rarepair in the community. The ship was brought to life due to Knife and Marshmallow's constant rivalry. Knife killed Marshmallow a lot in Season 1 so Marshmallow took a lot of revenge in season 2. The ship was only shipped when it was portrayed as a "enemies to lovers" trope and not in it's original condition due to how toxic it would have been. It all changed in the finale however, when Knife sacrificed himself for her. People started to ship the pairing quite a bit more due to the the rivalry being completed with Knife killing himself to save Marshmallow when the memory projections became too much for her. Their rival ships are Marshple, the ship between Marshmallow and Apple, and Knickle, the ship between Knife and Pickle.

Fandom

TIKTOK

Marshmallow and Knife on Tiktok.