OJ 248 component EVPAs and flux density, and the Fermi-LAT γ-ray light curve. In the top panel, the grey-shaded area marks the period in question, when the prominent γ-ray flare occurred. In the years since, the source has remained quiescent. The middle panel shows a zoomed-in view of the γ-ray flare time frame (grey-shaded area of the top panel), revealing a multi-peak profile. Additionally, the EVPAs in C (red) and Q1 (blue) were perpendicular to each other immediately before and after the γ-ray flare, but then rotated to be aligned during the flaring event. The bottom panel shows the same zoomed-in region but with the flux density of C denoted in red and that for Q1 in blue. We see an increasing trend in C.