So, here’s a patch that I’ve come up with that makes it such that you do NOT have to reapply upon start-up.
I’ve also elevated this issue to Epic in the BUGS reports.
It is IMPERATIVE that you reimport the binds and grooms under a different name! Then you EVENTBEGINPLAY with the original binds and grooms → immediately resetting to the renamed binds-grooms. That is why there are FOUR nodes for 2 assets.