I'm kind of amazed watching @fantasy readers react to, what the publishing industry now calls, Romantasy, and this is fascinating to me because Fantasy and Romance have a heck of a lot more similar structures and story beats than at first glance, so not sure why fantasy people see it as a whole different way of storytelling.
The focuses of the genres might be different, but the core beats are the same.
They both are escapism.
They both center relationships as the main plot, except with fantasy, it's a relationship with magic and elements rather than people or creatures.
Fantasy has story elements that, if removed, do not make it a fantasy. Same with romance. For example, in romance, if a story does not have an HFN happy for now or HEA happy ever after ending, it's not a romance. The closest parallel I can think of, right now, is a Magic System or magical creatures.