#sorry for the wishy washy answer jlaksdf

[yellowocaballero]

I’ve been kind of obsessed thinking about this but ever since knives ate that paper cup I’ve been wondering…could he eat metal? Since his body naturally produces those metal blades, could he theoretically eat a gold ingot and then make his arm take on a golden sheen???? My main point is that I would very much like to see knives eat a wholeass gun, bullets and all, thank you and goodnight

This is a hell of thing to think this thoroughly about.

To be honest, I included that joke because I also rip up Dixie or recyclable cups with my teeth. I don't swallow them. But I do rip them to shreds. Like a hamster.

I try very hard not to think too hard about how plant physiology even works, because it might result in some very unnecessary worldbuilding and it'd all be out of my ass anyway. Vash throws up, so we have to assume he has a digestive tract. I didn't give them brains. Who the hell knows. I have NO idea how Knives' powers work. He can make them into clothes. What the fuck. Why can he make knives into clothes.

But I do think of his body as being made of the blades (as we're about to see in a second) - it doesn't produce them. When they come out of his back, they are literally coming from the skin on his back. I guess. I should have rewatched Stamp and seen exactly how his powers looked, but I just ended up going with what worked best to write and for the story.

So: no, the blades are magic and aren't produced. Yes, he could probably eat a gun, but it would probably be like putting it in a garbage disposal and he would just shred it and absorb it or something. He would never eat a gun because it would be beneath him. He doesn't like the sensory parts of food very much but he'll eat it sometimes.