So I've come to the conclusion that I fell victim to phishing proxies. Didn't know that was a thing. But the site I was using for links was a phishing site in itself, a replica of the original site that I've been using for up-to-date links, and the links were in turn phishing proxies. Is what it is. I appreciate your help guys.

Wouldn't be clipboard, I visually type in the address instead of copy pasting. I went over the addresses numerous times to make sure I typed them in correctly. Sites were correct URLs and not phishing sites, and the fact that two different sites gave me the same issue I'm pretty lost. I've tried contacting one of the sites and have yet to receive a response. But they never even showed any pending/incoming deposits to begin with. Electrum phishing is out of the equation because I wouldn't have been able to send the money from the wallet in the first place. The two sites I sent to were confirmed main site links. Is there any other possibility here?

Both transactions were sent to wallets on onion sites. Two different sites. I thought that MAYBE I got phished on the first transaction (the site is confirmed not a phishing site by the way -- partially why I'm still confused) and so I decided to try it again on a different site and still, the BTC never arrived. Both site URLs are confirmed as legitimate and not phishing links.

Resolved.