Are All Romances Cliché?

[Suicune's Fire]

I think that the concept of cliches is a little narrow-minded. Yeah, things are overdone, but there's things being done well and things being done poorly--regardless of whether they've been done before or not. You can take a commonly used idea and portray it amazingly, and everyone will love it. Or, you can take it and play it terribly and everyone will dislike it.

I am familiar with that type of romance story but I don't think it's a bad idea to include it. As long as it reads well and you do a good job, it shouldn't matter whether or not it's cliche. As long as things aren't predictable. I think worrying about predictability is far more important than worrying about cliches.