Stories about separated lovers and stories about slaying an ancient foe with a legendary weapon are very similar, both are about reunion
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Why not attempt the bold synthesis and have your lovers be on a mission to kill each other
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iirc crouching tiger hidden dragon had a similar premise, but it's been a while
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there's great potential in these imo, think amorous pupil-teacher relationship gone wrong and now they're on different sides