I don't see GoT as fantasy really. I think the fantasy elements are expressions of legend. They pack all the history and lore of the medieval world into a single generation and allow the myths to be real. For instance, the White walkers I suspect are Vikings. Mysterious raiders from the north that seemed larger than life when they ingested Amanita Muscaria mushrooms to go berserk in battle. To be larger than life is not a far stretch from being able to effect that which is beyond life. Ergo they are necromancers. But dragonglass (obsideon) and velarion steel (demascus steel) can still kill em. The white walkers also are believed to really expand when the great winter comes which is just like the little ice age of Europe which also affected vikings is so far as when it subsided, they went and colonized Iceland, Greenland and Vinland. Wild fire is just exaggerated Greek fire, The dragons have a lot in common with cannon technology Not to mention that even to this day there are sightings of what could be guessed to be dinosaur survivors that knights of old must have enjoyed hunting into extinction so might as well combine them up into something cool. There are giant humanoid skeletons found in America so the giants are not out of place. the wildlings are visigoths, kings langing is Rome. ect ect. Thinking about it like this keeps it from ruining other actual fantasy setting for me like The Silmarillion or His Dark Materials. Also it's the format. The short duration high production value episodes are way easier to schedule around compared to a LOTR night. PS. picture this: Artemis Fowl as an anime... yes please.
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