I'm not sure if I completely understood this part of the conversation, but let me see if I can hash it out (also if the game is really RNG, I would believe that self could count as a possible target, as long as self wasn't the initial target). Depending on the initial target, it would depend of a deflected ability has a higher chance of hitting villagers or wolves, no? Ex: last night, when I was the initial target, the redirect (if randomly selected to anyone else) would have had a 2/3 chance of hitting a villager. However, if the initial target happened to be mammal (who is confirmed wolf), a redirect would now have 5/6 chance of hitting a villager.
So, I guess a redirect does have a higher chance of hitting villagers. Idk if anything I just said made any sense