I just stumbled by an old forum game (http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/showthread.php?t=19739) I created back in 2009 on another forum, and I realized that's basically what the Fae have been playing all these millenia. Had that game been mentioned in DMFA by then? Because I never made the connection until now.
Oh my lord, TPM is back?? That brings back some serious memories from the dawn of the internet, hahaha.
On topic, I'm pretty sure the fae rules thing was discussed before that. DMFA's been around for nigh on 18 years, but even if it was after, there's always the chance it was just convergent evolution - both ideas created independently and separately from one another, even though they're similar.
Oh, you used to be on TPM? What was your username? I may have seen you there.
TPM had a few downtimes in the past, but it was never gone for long. When was the last time you posted there?