User blog comment:MyOpinion:/Redwall's future/@comment-2065021-20100516162209

Firstly; thanks for the greensap explanation. ;)

Secondly; Possible, but let's not go to such a worst case scenario (i am also wondering, why sword are seen to be more 'humane' than guns). I'm was talking about guns anyway, who were too old, to offend too many people (it is surely unlikely for parents to cry out about a weapon, whose sound is more harmful than the actual projectile)

Thirdly; I would have planned to bring a very limited amount of guns into the books anyway. This would neither have any great impact of the battling, nor the moral aspects. It would simply present the Redwall series' advancement in a more realistic background. No big deal, really. A gunpowder-like propellant can indeed be made out of plants as well. I just believe some things to be rather ridiculous in the series, compared to the real world (technologies comes to mind). I really planned to let it affect the    historical viewpoint of the series only. Guns should not pocket the series, but come to aid sometimes as well (with respect for the guns' disadvantages). Guns are still just to important to be ignored >>completely<<.

Fourthly; I never planned to grizzle on the ethnical, political or religious aspects of the series (I respect Jacques' neutrality; it's just right, what he does). I think it is still worth noticing, how much Redwall's region is based on Britain.