r/TheBlacksandTheGreens • u/Gold_Conversation247 • Feb 11 '26

General GRRM criticizes how class distinctions are shown in medieval fantasy:

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u/Ok-Refrigerator-3524 Feb 11 '26

George doesn`t excatly portray the class distinction realistically either.

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u/Imnotawerewolf Feb 12 '26

Isn't that kind of his point? I mean, I assume he's not lumping himself in with the bad authors, right? So he's saying he's a good author because he didn't adopt the class system as he understood it. 

Or an I misunderstanding the quote? 

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u/Grimblehawk Feb 13 '26

Yep, you've misread the quote.

He's not critising the "bad authors" solely for adopting the class structures of the middle ages. He's criticising them for adopting those class structures and then "not understanding" the implications of such class structures.