That is one of the major reasons people stopped bothering with local media as entertainment - especially fantasy and modern scifi genres.

It isn't entertaining. It's just a bunch of unhappy people making bad decisions and becoming even worse off. Or if there's a foreign species introduced? 'It's bad/dangerous/evil, let's fight it.' Everything is an enemy - even nature. Hard pass.

But it does mean people stick to the local authors who do know how to make a good story.

- Baren (he/him)