I met the loml this weekend and I thought I couldn’t love him anymore than I already did but WOW BUDDY I WAS WRONG.
also yea I look awful but WHATEVER I MET JON IDC.
okay so like we got 3 day passes but Jon wasn’t even there on Friday, so I’m gonna skip to Saturday!! I had a 13:45 photo op w/ him but his autographs opened at 11:00. I was in line 2 meet steve yeun but he was super late and by 10:30, I ditched that hell long line 2 jump into Jon’s which was already PACKED. Managed 2 secure a spot as the LAST vip in line before a massive herd of Gen-Ad’s and random vip’s swarmed the area. Anyway, Jon had a photo op scheduled @ 12:30 and I was super nervous I wouldn’t get 2 meet him in time before he had 2 leave. BUT FATE HAD OTHER PLANS AND I REACHED THE BOOTH AT EXACTLY 12:30!!! I can’t even express how nervous I was like I was literally shaking and a woman behind me kept gassing me up like ‘Oohhh girl you’re next. Loook how good he looks!’ So of course I’m like sweating and I have a Funko & a pic 4 him 2 sign but I also wanted a selfie. SO I get 2 the front of the line and Jon is playing Eazy-E on a speaker bc of course he is. And he’s just got on jeans & a hoodie w/ nothing underneath bc OF COURSE HE DOES. And just as he introduces himself like “hi I’m jon” I’m dying & Queen starts playing next on his playlist (another 1 bites the dust like of course) and I could barely get a word out!!! But he was so sweet and asked my name and gave me a high five. We talked about where I was from (bc I drove 8 hrs to get to ATL literally just for him which he said made him feel good) and I explained how much he means 2 me and he needs to stop dying in all of his roles! He agreed and laughed and we fist-bumped & went 2 take a selfie. He put his arm around me & my bf obviously as seen in the pic & before I grabbed my stuff, I asked if I could have a hug and he was like “of course, honey” and I died. He was SO FIRM AND WARM AND SMELLED AMAZING. He then thanked me 4 coming & told my bf I was trembling!!!! And when I was walking away he told my bf to “take care of her.” WHICH KILLED ME. Absolutely on cloud nine.
AND THEN time passes just wandering around the con & bf broke off 2 get in like 4 the new Overkill game testing. I went to wait for the photo op roster 2 update & as soon as I got my line number, I ran 2 get a spot. Waited for a while, sneaking peeks @ Jon whenever the curtain opened & anxiously waiting among this sea of other people. Finally my line starts moving and I go in and I’m just GAZING AT THIS BEAUTIFUL HUMAN MAN in absolute awe. My time comes & he literally lights up and says “I remember that face!”, wraps a big ol arm around me and I’m like so nervous I can’t think, just trying not 2 lose my mind. Smile, photog snaps the pic & yells next. I let go of Jon and I’m like thank u so much for being who u are, u mean so much 2 me. And he says “thank u sweetheart, appreciate u.” And i walked through the curtain & wanderered off p much in a fucking daze trying 2 find my bf before picking up my photo @ the printing station.
Anyway tl;dr Jon Bernthal is a gift & a blessing & I can’t believe 3 days later that I met him and got 2 hug him & he remembered my face. Granted it was just an hour earlier but w/ the amount of people it was rly sweet of him to even acknowledge that he recognized me @ the photo op. Love him sm & I am fulfilled.
