God, I really wish I had some amazing story for you about him recognizing the flag and being like “fuck yeah, bi pride!” or immediately having me sing the “Gettin Bi” song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend with him. But alas.  The actual story though… I walked into the op with the flag ready to go and handed him his corner and asked him if he’d hold it up with me. And he just smiled at me, did that like sight head tilt thing, took it, and said, “You got it!” (while making direct eye contact which is a thing he needs to stop doing). lol So, I mean, his reaction was positive? And to answer your question about him knowing what it was, I can speculate that he probably does know. I mean, he’s got an actual reason to be aware of what goes on in the queer community, so I feel like he’s gotta know? But that’s only speculation. I’m sure he knew it was some kind of pride flag at any rate. But anyway I’d kinda in my head expected us to stand side by side and hoist this thing into the air behind us, but he did that weird half-turn into me instead. Which was honestly kind of amazing and a blessing to my life. And then like everyone that day, after the photo, he looked at me and said a sincere thank you. And because I need to record it somewhere anyway for memory’s sake…My friend and I actually got the shield op together earlier in the day, so my pride flag op was my second with him. My expectations of ACE were pretty low based on stories from people who’d been before (and really even my experiences with some of the bigger TWD cast and stuff). I kept them low so I wouldn’t be disappointed. So I pretty much expected to walk in and get a photo and walk out. And I would let that be enough because it was still an opportunity so few people get. So when it was our turn and he started actually saying hello and asking us how we were, I was really really surprised, and my brain sort of short-circuited for a minute. Like we get to speak to you? Without an autograph ticket? We get to actually interact in an op? What is happening? Anyway, this pose was less complicated but we were planning on kind of sandwiching him in and laying our heads on his shoulders. But he put his arm around my back and so i couldn’t turn into him as planned and I was like I’m not gonna tell him to take his arm out from around me? That would be crazy? (And I think my friend was on Cloud Chris and forgot the plan lol)And he was rubbing my back while they were taking the photo (this was another thing he did a lot to people haha). And then after we took the photo, he hit me with the full eye contact for the first time, and his face was so close to mine that I couldn’t even look at him without going cross-eyed. And I rambled out a “it was nice meeting you” while actively dying. And I remember that my brain pulled a full on Bucky-in-fanfic-meeting-Steve-for-the-first-time and was like holy shit, his eyes are so fucking blue.And anyway that’s my story of meeting one Christopher Evans. Between what he did with my friends and all the other stories I heard from talking to people throughout the day, he was a soft, nice man to everyone who met him and he did pretty much anything anyone asked for in the ops. He spoke to everyone, thanked everyone for getting pics with him, held people who were nervous, and was just genuinely kind and appreciative of everyone who came out. He also seemed like he was actively enjoying being there, and I think ACE finally found the right balance of how many tickets to sell so that they didn’t overload him. I hope they stick with what they did for Chi and that it makes him more willing to do these sorts of things with some of the pressure off. But I basically went there expecting to just get to occupy the same space as him for a brief flash of a moment, and I walked out feeling like I genuinely met him and it was just a nice experience all around. I’d do another ACE in a heartbeat. I’ve seen a lot of cons that never learn from their mistakes or try to iron them out, but this one seems to listen to fan complaints and to actually take action. Also, thank you for the kind words about my photos. I feel so lucky that some things in my life lined up just right for all of this to work out. I know I’ve seen them with rainbow flags a lot, which are for all of us, but I’ve never seen them with just bi flags. And it’s just double special to me between my personal identity but also the way I headcanon the characters. I’m so glad I got to do it and share it with everyone.

No one is asking you to?

You know, that’s such a good point. It’s funny that a bunch of the TWD fandom flipped over to Bucky/Cap at like the same time, and I think that might be some of it. I think a lot of us are looking for a new fandom home too as we feel kind of pushed out of the TWD Family for a myriad of reasons. But that was for sure the reason I loved Daryl so much early on. Of course, I was biased as a huge BDS fan, but I didn’t start to fall in love with him as a character until we started to really learn who he was. I think I have a thing for watching broken people knit back together and like find strong support networks, maybe because that’s my personal goal for myself? There’s also a parallel in their loyalty factor. Bucky would do anything for Steve and Daryl would do anything for Rick (and a lot of the others as he becomes more of a part of the core group). I’m sure we’ll see that in Bucky too as we go on. I mean, I’m pretty sure he’d already do anything for Shuri, but we haven’t really gotten to see that yet. But Tiny Bucky is definitely a consideration if I can get my hands on one or if they make a new one with the IW getup. I found one that would be the ideal size but he ex$pensive. lol Either way, even if I don’t participate the same way I did with Tiny D, I love my new fandom and I feel very welcomed and very warm. (Also, I’m not saying I’m never gonna do Tiny D stuff ever again. I’ll probably take him to WSC ATL which I’m still doing. And I do have some ideas about sort of passing the torch? But anyway, just putting that out there before anyone asks.)