I'm trying to figure out where these settings would go on the chart, to get a better idea of how the chart works (and to provide some examples for the page). Any ideas?
Topic on Talk:Setting Alignment
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.
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.
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.)
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.