I was just going through all the pictures on my phone and when I got to December of 2022, I found the pictures I took at GFCC, and I remembered something I’m not sure I shared before, but it was the biggest fucking fumble of my life. And yes, it involves Charlie Cox.
I don’t know if I told this story before, but it’s too funny (in hindsight) not to share it again.
Bear with me.
Now, for those of you who have been following me since I came to Tumblr know I met Charlie (albeit only for 30 seconds while they took the photo) in 2022, which was also my first con ever. I didn’t have enough money at the time, so I only got a ticket for the photo op. I got it only a few hours before because my friend insisted, and I’m so glad she did. I’m not sure if I’ll ever get the chance to meet him again—and I regret not getting the autograph because 30 seconds is not a long time—but anyway. Moving on!
(This is getting long, so I’m putting a ‘read more’)
Toward the end of the day, we were all standing in the foyer because that’s where the star/celebrity guests were coming up and down from their… let’s call it the VIP area. And we were allowed to stand there and say hi as they passed by.
I was, like, second row or something and then Elden walked past, which in itself was pretty fucking cool.
But then.
Then.
Charlie Cox comes out. I’m, like, freaking out, right? Only natural. He waves, smiles at everyone, then passes through the crowd to the area behind us instead of going upstairs. I was like, ‘Alright, whatever, he’s got some business to attend to, I’ll live.’
Oh, little did I know.
I remember turning to my friend for I don’t know how long, I just know it wasn’t much, and when I turn back around the crowd behind me starts parting. And then he walks Right. Past. Me.
I’m not exaggerating. There wasn’t much space between us. He was just looking for a way through to get back up those stairs, and he passes right by me. He was so close that if I hadn’t noticed everyone getting out of the way and taken a step back myself, he would’ve bumped into me.
Anyway. The correct response to that would’ve been to say hi. Other people were doing it. He was saying hi back. He even looked at me (though I doubt he registered it, I think he was just trying to find a safe passage).
And what do I do?
WHAT DO I DO??
I turn around and I fucking bolt.
Like, if you had taken a video of that exact moment and showed it to a third party without knowing that that was Charlie Cox at Comic Con, they would have worried he was an axe murderer and I was running for my fucking life.
My fight or flight response thought flight and catapulted me to another dimension.
I fucking ran away from Charlie Cox. And then I hyperventilated a little because that brief moment he was so close to me completely seemed to have thrown my nervous system off balance.
And because I was fucking mad at myself, that’s the only picture I took:
Anyway, I still have nightmares about this.
Charlie, if you ever see this, I am not scared of you. I just have anxiety. And I’m sorry for taking a picture of you from behind. That was not intentional.
Edit: If I ever told him that, do you think he’d laugh at me?
this has always been a fun wee hobby of mine but to be able to actually chat to folk about my art in person was super lovely - film and comic con glasgow was maybe not the best audience for a lot of my final fantasy art but other than that everything seemed fairly well received!
I actually barely took any pictures bc i was p busy all weekend so i’m just throwing out the ones i did manage to get.
My partner cosplayed as Y’shtola on saturday and i got her to pose with my cursed moogle stickers (they were my bestsellers all weekend despite the lack of any other final fantasy sales 😂)
Anyway, it was a good event to be able to figure out what sells and what doesn’t, so i feel super motivated now to draw more and do more tabling!! thank you for listening to my silly rambles anyways, it will be back to business from here on~
