A while ago I saw a rainbow drinker prompt for Kanaya/boys on Cherubplay that contained a first line that went something like this: “Please do not read if you’re uncomfortable with Kanaya in sexual situations with boys.”
There were no excuses. No justifications about how sexuality is fluid or you just love who you love. No condescending “let me explain you a thing, you mean sjws.” No arguments that Kanaya was probably bi/pan; no arguments that her strict interest in females was just a preference or a fetish masking a bi/pan sexuality; not even a statement that they headcanoned her as bi/pan. No furious “don’t like, don’t reply” commentary. No furious whining about how people who were bothered by the premise were just being mean.
That’s the correct way to do it, for people who have been following the Dirk/girls shipping argument saga. Don’t make up excuses. Don’t try to prove you’re in the right for shipping Dirk/girls or Kanaya/boys. Warn people of what you’re doing so that they can skip by your prompt if that bothers them. And leave it at that. Don’t try to prove you have a right to do it and anyone who is bothered by it is just being a mean tightass. Don’t get defensive.
Is that hard?
Apparently, according to some of the shit I routinely see on Cherubplay.
Well done, random Kanaya roleplayer. If only the rest of Cherubplay could follow your example. I say that completely unironically. Sincerely. You did a good job. Thank you for taking other people into consideration and understanding that their reasons for being upset are legitimate.