Talk:J. R. R. Tolkien vs George R. R. Martin/Rap Meanings/@comment-172.98.84.219-20160507112233

I thought the "myopic manatee" zinger by Tolkien referenced the trope "moral myopia", in which if the "heroic" characters do something horrible, it's treated in-universe and by authorial intention as a good thing but if the bad guys do something bad, it's treated as shameful (Like how Daenerys is completely overlooking even the idea that her father might not have been the best king ever or how Jaime Lannister is treated like scum for killing the Mad King even if everyone agrees the guy was mad and had it coming and even if Jaime himself had to watch guard outside the door as Aerys raped his own wife), since A Song of Ice and Fire (and the tv series Game of Thrones) has been accused of this mindset by some.