Het romance is played out. We see het romance everywhere! Movies, TV, mainstream culture... Been there, done that. Gay romance is new! It is interesting!

I don't and never will agree with this. Why? Because for me, at least, it's not about het romance or gay romance, but about the characters. And I can't get het romance with most of my preferred characters anywhere but fanfic. So I will not ever buy that as valid. Not ever, in any way, shape or form. It's just not something that has ever made sense to me.