Topic on Talk:Setting Alignment

Where would these go on the chart?

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Robkelk (talkcontribs)
TBeholder (talkcontribs)

Obviously, it's possible to have e.g. distinctly grimdark Wild West or fairly noblebright Wild West, even more so with Feudal Future. So no inherent strong trends as a rule. Those are (general) styles/themes, setting alignment is the (general) tone, they are orthogonal to each other.

Looney Toons (talkcontribs)

Yeah, agreed. I can't take any of these and say it must be a certain flavor/alignment. The setting is really another axis entirely.

Robkelk (talkcontribs)

Ah, okay. Maybe the trope needs a different name from "Setting Alignment", then? (Although I can't think of one, so I won't hang the "needs a better name" tag on the trope.)

TBeholder (talkcontribs)

I have seen only "setting alignment" and "tone alignment". Maybe sounds a bit silly, but so does original "character alignment" IMHO - that's just what happened to stick.