#Cosmosgate

[technicallywrite]

Sometimes joining a small fandom is the start of an amazing journey.

Not quite two years ago, I got into a fairly niche ship— a couple of characters who had been on a few episodes of Doctor Who, and had (somewhat miraculously, for two women scientists) been given their own audio spinoff by Big Finish.

I am, of course, referring to Kate and Osgood of the new UNIT series.

They grabbed my imagination and spurred me to start writing fanfiction for the first time in my life.

A little story called “My Cosmos Is Yours”.

It was just supposed to be a one-shot, then as I wrote, it grew into a handful of chapters. When I posted them on AO3, the response from fellow shippers was so enthusiastic that it motivated me to develop the story further, so I started adapting the audio adventures, reworking the episodes into a more continuous narrative supporting the ship’s development.

Long story short (NOT), the darn thing has snowballed into an ongoing epic longfic (52 chapters and counting) with a cluster of short satellite stories and a four-chapter prequel, amounting to over 500,000 words so far.

This monster has accumulated a contingent of regular commenters, and a few other fic authors have written stories based on it— fanfic of fanfic, which is delightfully meta.

Along the way, I’ve met a whole bunch of really lovely fellow shippers; on AO3, on Twitter, on Tumblr and in the Osgays Discord, some of whom I’ve since met IRL at conventions. It’s been an incredibly fun, heartwarming and rewarding experience.

And today… Oh my goodness. Today I received the most extraordinary gift.

A gorgeous hand-bound edition made by @colourmestoked04 of the first eighteen chapters of my story, with illustrations by @kowarth and personal notes from the Osgays interspersed through the chapters.

I am stunned, speechless and most of all, impossibly grateful.

To everyone who ever encouraged me to write: thank you.

I can’t wait to write some more.

[willowandlily]

fanart for Chapter 50 of ‘My Cosmos is Yours’ by TechnicallyWrite

Lightning Rod

[kowarth]

Inktober catchup post! days 4-9 4: Exotic - Kate and 12 investigate a Skarosian flower 5: Binoculars - Warren Brown as Lt Sam Bishop, somewhere in Brazil 6: Trek- Cosmosgate illustration of Shindi, Osgood and Carter in the VR environment from the Cyber Reality arc. Voyager uniforms, obviously 7: Passport - 14 and the Psychis Paper 8: Hike - UNIT Assmebled / Cosmosgate hike to John Benton's pub 9: Sun - Power of River Song with Osgood and River in EVA suits at dawn

[technicallywrite]

I am a deeply insane possibly starved duck and I just posted a new chapter so… y’all know what to do

"i don't comment on ao3 because i don't wanna be annoying or weird" skill issue + you greatly underestimate the power dynamic here, writing multi paragraph comments is like feeding a bunch of deeply insane and possibly starved ducks at the park and watch them go completely mad over having received a piece of bread

[technicallywrite]

Cosmos status update, continued

Chapter 54 is well under way and will be titled ‘Three little words’. Make of that what you will.

And yeah, there’s going to be karaoke 🎤😎

[willowandlily]

I think this one is also from lightning rod? in anycase, have some cute wlw :)

(don’t come at me about the quality :’))

[kowarth]

Cosmosgate Chapter 17: Run!

Now that it's top secret is declassified I can present a previously exclusive illustration of poisoned Kate Stewart and artificially terrified Osgood.

Inspired loosely by Bill Gold's poster campaign for "James Bond: For Your Eyes Only"

[technicallywrite]

Let’s play this again, I’m in the mood to write

for every "🌹" received in my inbox i'll post one random sentence of a random WIP i'm currently writing

[technicallywrite]

Cosmosgate update — Ch. 53: Time to face the music

Will Kate finally catch a break and get to enjoy a relaxing evening with Osgood and the kids?

CW: Complicated feelings about family dynamics, loss of close family members (mentioned).

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46435285/chapters/163820104

[willowandlily]

Assorted Doctor Who portraits

[kowarth]

Another @technicallywrite "My Cosmos is Yours" top secret illustration declassified.

Here we have Dhawan and Osgood in Kate's lounge from chapter 3.

[technicallywrite]

Coming soon on My Cosmos Is Yours

Hold bb, look at bb, cherish bb

[technicallywrite]

I hope y’all are ready for some more Osgate fluff where Kate looks adoringly at Osgood because apparently that’s all I can write anymore.

[willowandlily]

Kate Stewart fanart

Also iykyk (small details for the eagle-eyed)

[kowarth]

Inktober2024 Day20 Uncharted - Osgood and Kate edgnig toward a relationship.

[technicallywrite]

Screwed in the most delicious way, actually, if you mean the current chapter in progress. Can we please make that happen immediately? I’m very, very keen.

you are personally and directly hit by a bus¹ and isekai-ed, via resurrection, into the body of the main character your most recent WIP

reblog and tell me: on a scale of 1–10, how screwed are you right now?

¹ this is, transparently, a plot device, so if you are about to tell me "joke's on you, I never leave my fifteenth floor apartment!" then you may rest assured it will have tremendous comedic value when the bus is launched into the sky and crashes through your apartment wall to flatten you anyway