Talk:J. R. R. Tolkien vs George R. R. Martin/Rap Meanings/@comment-135.245.48.12-20170117150429

But news flash: the genre's called fantasy!

It's meant to be unrealistic, you myopic manatee!

This is actually contrary to Tolkien's Ideas... here is a quote from Tolkien where he explains Fantasy actually has to make sense.

"Fantasy is a natural human activity. It certainly does not destroy or even insult Reason; and it does not either blunt the appetite for, nor obscure the perception of, scientific verity. On the contrary. The keener and the clearer is the reason, the better fantasy will it make. If men were ever in a state in which they did not want to know or could not perceive truth (facts or evidence), then Fantasy would languish until they were cured. If they ever get into that state (it would not seem at all impossible), Fantasy will perish, and become Morbid Delusion."

https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/12/05/j-r-r-tolkien-on-fairy-stories/

I would prefer for Tolkien to say they both write fiction, and each writter does as he likes best.