>>109777896I think the complexity in neopets designs would stave it off a bit.
You have to remember horse show is like distilled design genius in terms of simplicity and room for MS Paint recolor OC's.
That said, I think the problem with something like Meridell for an initial plot is that it involves time travel shenanigans, even if they're more of a framing mechanism. It would be good for establishing Faeries, though, especially since it chronologically occurs far enough ago to predate the Return of Doctor Sloth plot and you wouldn't want the Space Faerie to be an early addition lore-wise. Space is a hard opening sell when there's so much not-space stuff: When MOST stuff isn't space stuff.
