Subject: It could still sort of work.
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Posted on: 2014-03-04 17:00:00 UTC
Bear in mind, Printworthy still is the author - to himself, if to no-one else. That's not just a belief of his - when he came into existence, it was as the author. I don't know of precedent for 'this was once true; now it is false', but it seems like an interesting notion. (By contrast, since Doctor Who was revived, Morgan has started remembering various things about Gallifrey. But she's never had a confirmed fact about herself that was abruptly made untrue)
I don't think the fact that 'the adventures actually happened in real (Equestrian) life' is particularly relevant; actual events get written down and fictionalised all the time, without us claiming that the written version is anything other than a standard canon. Obviously I don't know the details, but the usual event>author>fiction dynamic could well still hold.
And this might actually make it more interesting. If there is now a character who is The Author of Daring Do, and Printworthy walks in as The Author - well, it seems distinctly possible that the 'verse would indeed try and conflate the two. This isn't a 'so-and-so believes this'; Printworthy actually is the author. Only the other author is canonically The Author.
If I were doing it, I'd probably have a semi-possession - have Printworthy take on attributes of the actual author, and also - given that he's in the 'verse written by said Author - the aforementioned godlike powers. You'd have to change some things, certainly, but the basic idea holds.
Also: I wonder if the DoDAEG is related to this line of thinking? We power our anti-badfic efforts by the spinning of dead authors in their graves - and there may be dramatic effects by taking living authors into their own works - that sounds like scheming, to me.
hS