I wanna comment that it's actually really freakin dumb that events colluded to make this reveal possible; the fact that my username for years was Golden Dragon Girl (still is here on ComicFury), the fact that I decided the Organization was founded by ancient alchemists (because of research I'd been doing for a fanfic) which obviously happened to fit in with the gold angle, and the fact that I'd been making semi-meta jokes and references about my avatar character being a godlike being in LOP's setting for years.
When I talk about seat-of-your-pants writing I'm talking about moments like this where nothing was planned but it all worked together anyway.
When I talk about seat-of-your-pants writing I'm talking about moments like this where nothing was planned but it all worked together anyway.