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For decades, the backbone of popular entertainment—from Jane Austen novels to Marvel blockbusters—has been the conventional romantic storyline. We know the beats by heart: the inciting glance across a crowded room, the conflict that tears them apart, and the rain-soaked confession that brings them back together. But as audiences become more sophisticated and the demand for diverse representation grows, the "conventional" is being stretched, subverted, and in some cases, gloriously demolished.