#OMG I LOVE THAT IM VIEWED AS A SIGNIFICANT YATES FAN

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hi! idk if my other ask sent cause tumblr did something weird so if it did just ignore this ghsdklfj and if not uhh here it is again: so ik this is out of the blue but i saw your art in the classic who tag and it's super good! i'm watching 3's era for the first time (i'm in the middle of the green death rn) and i haven't really paid that much attention to yates, and since you seem to be the foremost yates expert/enthusiast i was wondering what makes him compelling to you? like not bc i don't think he's a good character haha just cause i haven't given him much thought and maybe hearing what you think of his character would make me appreciate him more!

omg first of all hi and shoutout for watching 3rd doctor. basically i think there’s a few reasons i have yates brainrot. i tend to get attached to pretty underdeveloped characters cause i like reading into every single line and overanalyzing everything, which makes him reeally interesting to me cause if you think about him there’s a lot there. i also have adhd so if i gain a passing interest in a show or character it becomes all consuming so i literally only think about yates tbh. third, i relate to him a lot and find him a really interesting and somewhat tragic character. i feel like if you pay attention you start to notice that his whole jovial sort of persona is an act, and he spends pretty much all the time we see him alone being scared/miserable, and he seems unable to really explain that he needs help (plus everyone in his life has gotten so used to him always being fine to keep fighting/being there that when he goes through shit everyone assumes he’s ok and expects him not to be affected). i think he feels like he has to pretend to be all upbeat and fine all the time but he really isn’t. also he’s super funny and as a gay man i love seeing gay men on tv

i think this is completely incoherent BUT i try my best. im just obsessed with him and can think of nothing else. also woog green death and then the next two episodes that he’s in are when his character arc really comes to fruition so be prepared. also once you’ve seen them you can hmu if you want me to go insane about him in those episodes, i literally can always go into more depth about him