You really hit on a major insight here.

…e books. I said these things bug me, but I also love them. They are staples of a genre that I love. My mind rejects Medieval feudalism as repugnant tyranny, but I love fantasy based on it. Fantasy violence is thrilling! And beauty is … beautiful? And sometimes I’m not all that interested in dwelling on the economy, either. I have decided not to be bothered by the dissonance between my head and my heart.
The Moral Foundation of Middle Earth
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You really hit on a major insight here. It's the very things our rational mind finds repugnant that our romantic mind find so exalting.
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