I never mentioned this to anybody but the old DB oddly broke for just my account so I could never re-enable 2FA without getting the site error page and I could never figure out why.
it was always a nightmare scenario for me that it wasn't going to be losing the database that killed it, that it would be someone realizing my account was only protected by a password and how easy it would have been to take over the sole administrator account of the instance.
Silver Lining
it was always a nightmare scenario for me that it wasn't going to be losing the database that killed it, that it would be someone realizing my account was only protected by a password and how easy it would have been to take over the sole administrator account of the instance.