Electric Bone Flute
Troubadour
We expect certain mundanities in fantasy. Clothes, even if we make them cool. Food, even if we create unthinkable banquets. However, what about the "stranger" mundanities, either because we associate them solely with the modern world, or because they simply are not thought of as often.
Sometimes this is done for a joke. Bureaucracy seems to be a go-to. In fact, I was inspired to write this thread because I mentioned in passing an "Administration of Polishing Spiders" existing in a universe where spiders are highly revered, sought after, and provided to everyone by the government. But maybe it's too go-to (a case of the former, we associate it with modernity, not the latter, it's unthought of). What are some other mundane ("boring") elements that you've put in your universes that people usually don't think to include? Bonus points if it wasn't for humor.
Sometimes this is done for a joke. Bureaucracy seems to be a go-to. In fact, I was inspired to write this thread because I mentioned in passing an "Administration of Polishing Spiders" existing in a universe where spiders are highly revered, sought after, and provided to everyone by the government. But maybe it's too go-to (a case of the former, we associate it with modernity, not the latter, it's unthought of). What are some other mundane ("boring") elements that you've put in your universes that people usually don't think to include? Bonus points if it wasn't for humor.