Background and Expectation

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Expectation and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expectation" instead a noun "Background".

Expectation noun - The act or state of looking forward to some occurrence.

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Background and expectation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Expectation".

musical	musical background	musical expectation
common	common background	common expectation
original	original background	original expectation
strong	strong background	strong expectation
Other adjectives: real, little, social, new, general, cultural, cosmic.

Also subverts the musical expectation in having a thick, heavy background music to it, despite being a slippery ice level.

Source: Slippy-Slidey Ice World
The first book chronologically spoils almost every background twist for the first three mainline books and holds the payoff for a Brick Joke in the chronologically second book (which is still a prequel but released years earlier); the expectation seems to be that they'll be read in release order.

Source: Late-Arrival Spoiler

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