as usual, i was looking through dragon search for a new project, and found a derg with colours only one off my goal (honestly, I'd be okay with either her being the goal or using her to breed for the goal, her colours still work). After doing a little scrying to see what she'd look like with my goal's breed/gene plan, I went to go look at her owner's page for any derg buying information, and -
"wait a minute, that user is the same as that one ao3 author in my fandom! it's just missing the underscore."
digs around in their lair and finds fandergs for said fandom
what are the odds i find a derg for a fanderg in the lair of someone who writes for the same fandom lmfao
i sent them a message about buying the derg + complimented them on their fandergs + mentioned i recognized their user, we'll see what they say 😂