Less family-friendly parts of Redwall.

[WorshipTiria]

So, there have been numerous questionable moments in Redwall. I'm only going to list off a bunch from the original book because I don't have the rest.

• Matthais' treatment of Warbeak involved strangulation, active threats and basically training a fully sentient creature like a dog.
• Cheesethief's rise to power involved strangling Scragg, in detail.
• Chickenhound's utter lack of conscience. He sees the death of his mother as an opportunity and gloats to himself about killing Methuselah.

[clunylooney]

In general I think Redwall is a mix of magical and mysterious elements that kids enjoy and blood and gore that older people tend to like. That's why Redwall's age range is so confusing.

[WorshipTiria]

That would explain why I've never seen a definite age range for Redwall.

[Tungro]

I'd imagine something like 6-14

[WorshipTiria]

That's one of the largest age ranges I've seen.

[Tungro]

Fairly typical pre-teen

[WorshipTiria]

Eh, I don't typically look at age-ranges.

[LordTBT]

"Redwall" was originally written for children. I think the book is just fine for that demographic. You can find all these same "questionable moments" in Looney Tunes.

[WorshipTiria]

There is a bit of a difference.
In cartoons like Tom and Jerry, Looney Toons ETC when a character gets gets hit, shot or stabbed, they pop right back up. However in Redwall, many creatures actually die.

[Sebias of Redwall]

Redwall was definitely a bit violent, but I appreciated that, honestly.

[Captain Wortshire]

I always think back to the time when Boar the Fighter sliced a rat into two half rats...

I was wondering...

Did he slice horizontally, or vertically?

[LordTBT]

There is a bit of a difference.
In cartoons like Tom and Jerry, Looney Toons ETC when a character gets gets hit, shot or stabbed, they pop right back up. However in Redwall, many creatures actually die.

So your argument is "death" means "not-family friendly"? Disney might disagree.
https://matpat.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Death_Count

[Tungro]

Disney might disagree.

He specifically referred to Loony Toons as that's the original example you used...

[clunylooney]

I always think back to the time when Boar the Fighter sliced a rat into two half rats...

I was wondering...

Did he slice horizontally, or vertically?

I tend to think horizontally

[Captain Wortshire]

I always think back to the time when Boar the Fighter sliced a rat into two half rats...

I was wondering...

Did he slice horizontally, or vertically?

I tend to think horizontally

Me and my weirdly cartoony mind wants to think that he sliced vertically...

But yeah, it was probably horizontal...

(Imagine the guts falling out...)