@malin I didn't know #DarkSun was controversial, but I'm not surprised. I remember it in 2nd edition #DnD . It was probably the first time I'd encountered #GrimDark.

I really liked it.

I find the idea that bad things shouldn't be presented in art, fantasy, or an #RPG to be morally repugnant. Easily as repugnant as glorifying anti-heroes.

It is in service to and in capitulation to the hegemony. It serves out oppressors while cloaking itself in progressivism.

It's better to explore these things, even at the risk of problematic elements, than it is to whitewash fantasy.

So that I'm not accused of a lane violation here... I would celebrate a fantasy setting that direcly addressed transphobia.

#DarkSun is another great example. None of these illustrations are by Brom, but if you're a Dark Sun fan, you instantly recognize them as as showing Dark Sun.

Having a distinctive color palette is the most obvious element here. The way the unusual sun is included prominently is another.
But it's also how armor consists of small plates connected by straps, and the exaggerated curved spikes on all weapon blades.