/lit/ - Literature

>>9826438
Honestly, I think some people hate on GRRM and like Tolkien mainly to appear contrarian and edgy because ASOIAF are extremely popular now, especially with the normies who are 99% of any audience. The LOTR are literally books made for children, it doesn't get more reddit than that. They are fun reading when you were in your teenage years but sooner or later you should grow out of them even if you still find them good (I still do). Sooner or later you should be mature enough to understand that LOTR as a story is incredibly simplistic and the characters - even more so. Yes, the world building is amazing , but is it as good as ASOIAF? I don't think so. It just really comes down to personal preference - a mythic world filled with various legends or an extremely realistic one filled with maturity and gritttiness. I myself personally prefer ASOIAF way of worldbuilding because things are styled more to my lliking - the world is written from a character's perspective, yet it's still extremely detailed. The mystery that still surrounds the world is extremely fascinating from the Ye Ti and the Five Forts to the Lands of Never Winter and the Others.And the rest is really just... not worth mentioning. The characters and the story of ASOIAF just blow LOTR out of the water, it's not even funny.

So in the end liking LOTR over ASOIAF is just pure contrarianism from a couple of r*dditors that have either not grew out of their teenage years or are still in that phase, or are just doing it to appear edgy and "cool" because hating on popular things is a 4chan fashion trend.