double add solved. also, i was relinking... I think that's supposed to have been only if needed.

ProtocolInterfaces/DiscordInterface/DiscordInterface.cs

@@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ public class DiscordInterface
         {
             Console.WriteLine($"acc's user: {acc.IsUser?.Id}");
         }
-        acc ??= new Account() { IsUser = new User() };
+        acc ??= new Account() { 
+            IsUser = Rememberer.SearchUser(u => u.Accounts.Any(a => a.ExternalId == acc.ExternalId && a.Protocol == acc.Protocol))
+                ?? new User() 
+        };
 
         acc.Username = user.Username;
         acc.ExternalId = user.Id.ToString();
@@ -332,8 +335,6 @@ public class DiscordInterface
         acc.Protocol = PROTOCOL;
         acc.SeenInChannel = inChannel;
 
-        acc.IsUser = Rememberer.SearchUser(u => u.Accounts.Any(a => a.ExternalId == acc.ExternalId && a.Protocol == acc.Protocol));
-
         Console.WriteLine($"we asked rememberer to search for acc's user. {acc.IsUser?.Id}");
         if (acc.IsUser != null)
         {

Rememberer.cs

@@ -9,27 +9,27 @@ public static class Rememberer
     private static readonly ChattingContext db = new();
     public static Account SearchAccount(Expression<Func<Account, bool>> predicate)
     {
-        return (new ChattingContext()).Accounts.Include(a => a.IsUser).FirstOrDefault(predicate);
+        return db.Accounts.Include(a => a.IsUser).FirstOrDefault(predicate);
     }
     public static List<Account> SearchAccounts(Expression<Func<Account, bool>> predicate)
     {
-        return (new ChattingContext()).Accounts.Where(predicate).ToList();
+        return db.Accounts.Where(predicate).ToList();
     }
     public static Attachment SearchAttachment(Expression<Func<Attachment, bool>> predicate)
     {
-        return (new ChattingContext()).Attachments.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
+        return db.Attachments.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
     }
     public static Channel SearchChannel(Expression<Func<Channel, bool>> predicate)
     {
-        return (new ChattingContext()).Channels.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
+        return db.Channels.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
     }
     public static Message SearchMessage(Expression<Func<Message, bool>> predicate)
     {
-        return (new ChattingContext()).Messages.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
+        return db.Messages.FirstOrDefault(predicate);
     }
     public static User SearchUser(Expression<Func<User, bool>> predicate)
     {
-        return (new ChattingContext()).Users.Include(u => u.Accounts).FirstOrDefault(predicate);
+        return db.Users.Include(u => u.Accounts).FirstOrDefault(predicate);
     }
     public static void RememberAccount(Account toRemember)
     {