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> Did even you read the list you posted?
Did you even read LotR?
> Camp followers and women being trapped in sieges don't really play much into the narrative of such a story
There is no reason they can't. If you have the chance read Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Gárdonyi Géza. It plays on the borderlands of Hungary during the Ottoman Wars. Most of it is a siege. (Sadly libgen only has it in German.)
> doesn't fit into the narrative of the story
Great many things related to women could have fit.
> romcom or an eromanga.
The whole literature is full of women. Fugging epic of Gilgamesh - which is also a tale of a great friendship - starts with him fornicating with all the women of the land. But read the books of Maurice Druon for example. He writes interesting female characters. Nothing in his books are romcom or eromanga.
Tolkien forgets about a huge aspect of male motivation, and life itself. He conveniently does that due to his innate aversion of the topic.
> You seem to be complaining
I was making observations. Btw you were the one who initiated the boogering of Tolkien, be thankful I give you munition when you troll his fanbase somewhere else on the internet.