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Is there a trope for the kind of Exposition that plays with Show, Don't Tell by showing a character in a typical day and then telling (usually through the character's inner monologue) how it's usually a lot worse. Mercedes Lackey likes this one to set up the utter wretchedness of her protagonists before they're swept off to a life of adventure — things are hard, but at least it's not _______ (winter; the rainy season; a particularly bad day; a day when Dad comes home drunk; etc.)