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That would feel weird in Hobbit because it's a story he wrote for his kid. At the same time, I find George RR Martin's critique of that aspect of LOTR valid. He said something along the lines of "It's a neat world, but it doesn't feel real. Can you imagine dwarves having sex?" Meanwhile, due to its grit, the GoT world feels very believable. Humans are messy, primal creatures at the core.
There's works with sex scenes that make sense, and works where they don't. A Song Of Ice And Fire is definitely an example of the former. On top of that, both the books and the TV show had tons of time, which is in stark contrast to most movies and many shorter books.