Patrick Charlton-O'Shea

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Author of #litrpg series The Age of Steam and Sorcery, snowboarder, coffee lover. https://linktr.ee/patrickcharltonoshea Book One: Death Becomes Him out now!

A (hurk) slopmonger trying to push (hurk) their plagiarism machine for (oh god I'm going to throw up) tracking progression in LitRPG. Hell to the no. Wankers.
A warning sign that reads "Danger. this will kill you and it will hurt the whole time you're dying."
The gummed up inside of an ozito 18V lawn mower motor controller.
A tweet that reads: "That's a girl drink" Okay Brock. Enjoy your 5% bread flavoured soda. I'm drinking a fruit smoothie that'll have me fucked up beyond recognition in 15 minutes. It's called efficiency
Peter’s head was ringing. His grandmother had just clipped him upside the head with a broom handle, sending him tumbling to the road. In her defence, he HAD just hit her with the same broom and took off running. It had seemed like a perfectly rational decision at the time, she had been ripping him a new one over failing to sweep the kitchen properly, blaming his gender, his father and every male influence in his life. The tipping point had been when she had disparaged her own late husband, the kindest and most diligent person Peter had ever known. Peter had felt the cold rise up through him and, completely forgetting that this was the real world and he didn’t turn into a glowing avatar of death here, had whirled the broom like his scythe and just let many hours of combat instinct take over.
I'd like to leave a lot of it to fade-to-black / offscreen stuff, but I kinda need the IRL stuff to contrast to the online stuff. How he reacts outwardly, or not, IRL but is able to carry the fight to the bad guys online, but learns not to take the abuse from online and grow IRL. Some of it is a metaphor for after I learned martial arts and COULD have fought back, but what are the societal consequences for a male teenager who CAN fight defending themselves from abusers who are elderly and women? Even if it's been going on for a decade before you learn to defend yourself? The Age Of Steam And Sorcery, the MMO my characters play, offers a _very_ truncated learning curve. What should take years can take weeks. What happens when the abused can suddenly turn the tables?
A branded Gentleman Jack cup filled with Jack and Max.
A screenshot of a Bluesky interaction where a slopmonger casually admits they can't do their job and has the plagiarism machine fuck it up for them.
“It’s called fashion, sweatie. Look it up!” Pham twirled on the spot, showing off his blood, oil and soot stained overalls. “I don’t need armour if I don’t get hit.” “But, you DO get hit,” Dani pointed out helpfully. "Often," added Peter. Pham slumped, dejected. “Yeah, that’s where the plan falls apart.” “Come on,” Warren urged. “It’s not far and at least two of us need better protection if we’re going back into… well. There. You,” he looked pointedly at Pham, “we’re just going to cover you in bubble wrap and hope for the best.”
A pair of forum posts. The first reads "Why don't humans have a specific noise that means "there are bees here let's leave immediately" why are elephants more advanced than us. The reply says "We do have a specific noise. It sounds like this: There are bees here lets leave immediately."
A clear takeaway container lid on a white countertop. It reads "Sing nood".
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered used PlayStation's new Al animation tool, and Naughty Dog and San Diego Studio are both following suit.
Two people - stick figures by XKCD - discussing the concept of a summer blockbuster movie, called "River Tam Beats Up Everyone" as they descend a flight of stairs.
A winged, robed spirit in grey in the background, and the title "Death Becomes Him" in the foreground with a war scythe through it.
An internet meme of a mantaur, half man, half another man.
A creature from Dungeon Crawler Carl, a mantaur, with the body of a man, and the body of another man.
"Thought to descend from dragons, today's kobold is a far cry from that noble lineage. It would take centuries of the dumbest and cruelest is dragon-kin inbreeding to produce the greatest of the kobold line."
A flowchart of LitRPG books based on what parts of DCC the reader liked.
The "why you no" meme face on a blue background
An old cartoon showing the difference between a computer scientist and a computer engineer. The scientist goes on and on about it, waxing lyrical and philosophical. The engineer got it to run Doom.
Two people in cold weather gear standing in the circular doorway of a Hobbit hole.
A very big steel grey rat on the shoulder of a man in a blue tshirt.
A tiny rat is whispering encouragement to commit atrocities into the ear of a bearded white man in a grey tshirt.
Call for change as mobile and seatbelt traffic camera fines leave 250,000 Aussies in financial ruin If fines are meant to deter dangerous driving, why are hundreds of thousands still in the system? Joe Attanasio, Senior Reporter Updated Thu 2 April 2026 at 5:33 pm AEDT.
A witches hat with long hat pins with the motto "I ate'nt dead".
A grey rat with a human's legs in the background.
A black and a grey hooded rat eating Weetabix from a clear glass bowl.
A meme showing two scenes from The Mummy. The first, shows a man in a white French Foreign Legion uniform fleeing as Brendan Fraser looks over his shoulder. It's captioned "in a world full of allies" The second shows Brendan shoulder to shoulder with a very good looking chap and a diminutive Brit, all facing danger together. It's captioned "be an accomplice".
The barman leaned on the counter, his voice low and for once his hands paused in the act of cleaning a tankard. "They call it the Deep Thunder," he whispered in a tone sepulchral. "The priests say it's the Nether Gods railing against their imprisonment. The Delvers guild spin tales of dragons with skins of stone that burrow through the earth, leaving tunnels so hot they glow. Now and again an adventurer will stagger from the mines - wide eyed and manic - mumbling about drums in the dark." His audience stared in rapt attention. None dared breathe lest they call the attention of something lurking in the shadows of the tavern. "Now, I cannot tell you which, if any are true. Maybe they all are, maybe none. What I do know is that when the earth speaks, all others fall silent," the barman leaned back and resumed his usual pitch and motions. "So, if you're seeking work I would direct you to the local Guild headquarters and advise against taking any jobs that have you sally forth under that mountain."
A night time scene in Japan. Snow smattered across the walkways on either side of a bridge lit by torches while in the distance a neon lit building presides like the eye of sauron.
Dr Lewis posting a four star review to social media where he'd literally saved a person's life.
A darkly golden loaf of bread on a cooling rack with a pink silicone bread pan in the background.
"In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, Iooking to his left and right, he commanded, "Do not let the historian find out about this. To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king's fall:"
The front half of a garage built quad bike with very long swing arms. It looks vaguely like a cybernetic preying mantis.
The hand of a military instructor demonstrating the knife hand.
"Don't run, boy," the monster rumbled. "You'll only die tired." Peter skidded to a halt. "You know what? You're right." He raised both middle fingers and the tips of his wings, flipping the great beast a double-double bird. "I don't fear death, I bring it."
A poorly drawn cartoon of one person in the background gripping the lips of the person in the foreground, so that they are unable to speak. The person in the foreground is labelled "AI Overview"
A stick figure cartoon of a person laying awake late at night, their only thought is "We need a slur for people who use ChatGPT for everything."
A doctor and a woman in a red shirt are in a doctors office. The woman in the red dress is holding a hand to her face. Doctor: Does it hurt? Woman: Yes, it does. Doctor: Are we going to vaccinate the kid or should I smack you again?
A hairy leg wearing a black ankle sock, the bottom five centimetres red raw from sun, wind and general burn. On the tiles to the right is a bottle of aloe vera after sun spray.
A modified version of Captain Barbossa from Pirates Of The Caribbean, in a neon hat and edgerunners jacket saying "You'd better start believing in Cyberpunk dystopias, you're in one"
Pam Birtill, admitting to using ChatGPT: There are some things it's useful for. I got it to create a table with links to lots of different university assessment policies and extract information like how long after the start of an exam you are let into the exam room. Or different policies for dealing with extensions. Patrick Charlton-O'Shea, a person with a moral code: It also got you blocked, hope it was worth it.
Radio presenter: We're live and on the air looking for the most Australian word you can think of? Caller one, what's your word? Caller: G'day mate! My word is Ghan. Presenter: Interesting. Can you use it in a sentence? Caller: Sure can. Ghan fuck yerself. Beep. Beep. Beep. Presenter: Sorry about that folks, how about we try again? We'll skip a few... aaand caller five, what's your word? (Muffled) Caller: My word is Smee. Presenter: I'm not sure that's a real word, how do you use it? (Clearer) Caller: Smee again! Ghan fuck yourself!
The sound of running water will make beavers start to build, even without water around. When mammalogist Lars Wilsson placed stereo speakers in various parts of a terrarium, the beavers would instinctively build over the speakers that played water sounds.
If Discord added more Al features, would that change how often you use Discord? I'd use Discord more No change I'd use Discord less =>I'd consider leaving Discord
A gnome in a Christmas hat, standing watch in an empty hallway.
ACTUAL SUMMARY OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY Zeus: im gonna put my dick in it Everyone: dont put ur dick in it Zeus: too LaTE Then an image of Zeus with a euphoric expression.
A roast chicken on a ceramic plate, covered in toothpicks akin to a porcupines quills.
A two dimensional Christmas tree made by affixing lights and baubles to a wall, surrounded by three dimensional presents.
A screenshot of a skeet, because there's no way I'm going to reskeet a shameless user of the plagiarism machine. The talentless hack prompted the environment destroying theft device to come up with some sort of Christmas themed image, which I immediately ignored because they openly admit it was made by ChatGPT.
A Sora News article about a new fishing lure that looks like a Black Thunder chocolate bar.
A wire mesh being welded to a frame. Badly. There's a nasty gap in one place. In the background, an out of focus mig welder lurks.
A massive reflective Jellybean in Illinois. Made by Anish Kapoor.
Seeing the response, Warren clapped his hands to send the second wave into the fight. By it striking out at the front line fighters, Warren was sure that they had the full attention of the creature. Now, as the real damage dealers charged in, all the first lot had to do was hold that attention. Each of the second group was equipped slightly differently, one with a mace, one with a broadsword, and the last with one with a sword cane he used like a rapier. The idea was to test which of the melee damage types was most effective and to see if any generated more aggro than any other. The three slipped between the tanks, two plunging their weapons deep into the blob, with the mace bouncing off the surface with a sound like a slapped basketball. The blob shook like a jelly in an earthquake, then rocked back, curving its body like a jellybean big enough it would give Anish Kapoor a complex and standing tall over the battle on one tip.
“What it means is that Pham here will be leading our sapper division. He’s twice as smart as I am, and even he’s finding things down there he’s never seen before. Show him the same respect you’d like to see for yourself. If he says move, you move. There's a saying I heard recently that applies here. A sergeant in motion out ranks an officer at rest. However, a bomb tech at a dead run outranks everyone.”
A 2009 Limited Edition Hayabusa
A cartoon by Paul Noth depicting a man in front of his house, holding a letter and asking his phone "ChatGPT, why is my electric bill so high?" In the background, a massive data centre looms ominously.
Indiana Jones pointing an RPG at a column of Nazis.
Two images of the zombie apocalypse, with a crowd surrounding a person on a car. The first, how you picture yourself, points to the human on the car, the second. Actually you'd be here, points to the crowd.