Did you ever wonder why millennial wokesters can’t write good fiction? Youtuber Greg Owen just dropped a truth bomb in his latest video, The 7 Deadly Sins of Millennial Writing, and it’s a breath of fresh air. It’s about time someone called out the rot eating away at our entertainment industry. He nails it by labeling Star Trek: Starfleet Academy as “the final boss of millennial writing,” and he’s not exaggerating. This woke millennial scribbling has tainted so many of our beloved movie and TV franchises, turning epic sagas into smug lectures disguised as stories. Owen, a voice of sanity in a sea of hackery, breaks it down into seven telling signs that prove how far we’ve fallen.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Millennial Writing
Irony and Meta-Awareness
Start with the nonstop irony that smothers any chance of real feeling. Owen spots it everywhere, from Marvel’s quip-fests to Velma’s meta garbage. “Dialogue is dead, gang. Now there is only banter,” he says, and you can almost hear the exhaustion. Serious scenes can’t breathe for three seconds before some “witty” undercut kills the mood. Fans tune in for heroes facing real stakes, not hipster eye-rolls pretending depth.
Identical Character Voices
Then there’s the lazy sameness in how every character sounds. Age, job, species? Doesn’t matter. They all drone on with that late ’90s grunge bro vibe. Owen rips into books like Crescent City, where 400-year-old fae bros live like frat pledges. Star Trek should beam us to an optimistic future, but it’s crammed with hookup chatter and F-bombs that scream 2020s CW drama, not Gene Roddenberry’s dream.
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Modern Language in Wrong Contexts
Modern slang and gripes barge into every setting, no matter how absurd. Dragons and griffins drop “for the win” like it’s a Twitch stream. Owen calls out Star Trek: Starfleet Academy for profanity that clashes with the franchise’s kumbaya roots: “This CW drama with its petty jibes and swearing do not fit that tone at all.” Victim complexes and gender rants infect medieval fantasies and space operas alike, yanking viewers right out of the immersion.
Lazy Identity-Based Characterization
Characters are being reduced to identity checkboxes, no depth required. Sam Wilson’s Captain America arc? Ditched for “arrested for being black on a Friday night.” Gay Klingon sob stories in Starfleet Academy follow the same tired script. Writers announce archetypes upfront, skipping actual growth. It’s insulting to fans who crave real development, not DEI shortcuts.
Moral Grayness
Morality’s gone gray and squishy, with therapy-speak sorting good from bad. Jedi became oppressors in The Acolyte, Starfleet are now the real villains. Villains get a pass for relatability, stakes vanish, and boredom reigns. Heroes used to crush evil; now they’re just misunderstood bros.
Audience Disdain
These hacks even sneer at their own audience. Don’t Look Up scolds you for watching instead of climate marching. Superman’s Kents are bumpkin idiots. Bros flops and blames the straights. Starfleet Academy trashes the Federation fans adore and don’t understand why – “You liked the leadership of Kirk and Picard. You are such an idiot.” No wonder viewers are fleeing the mainstream shows in droves.
Subversion Without Reconstruction
It’s all subversion with zero rebuild. Tear down Jedi, the Federation, and the fellowships as patriarchal trash, then strut amid the rubble. Nothing rises from the wreckage, just empty woke posturing. Owen hopes for a sincerity comeback, but fears Gen Z’s vibe-vlogs and nihilism loom. Hollywood’s legacy franchises lie in tatters, courtesy of this millennial mess.
Great authors craft characters riveting to readers worlds apart from author or hero, but wokesters spit out self-inserts for their tribe alone, posting ideological virtual signals without any real engagement. Hollywood’s legacy lies in tatters from this empathy-free mess, filled with endless irony, gray morals, and Jedi-smashing hacks breeding apathy. Owen warns of Gen Z nihilism ahead unless sincerity and heroism return. Hopefully Hollywood is listening.
For fans and viewers, it’s time to demand better amd demand stories that empathize with all of us, not just the progressive echo chamber.
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