Hey guys, I wanted some opinions in picking a really important plot point in one of my stories... Hopefully this will be the first one I'll actually fully write.
The story is "The Master Sisters" (or potentially just "The Masters") and you might have seen me ramble about it around a couple times, including seeing a user called "Carnival Master" which is based in one of the main characters.
The story itself is divided in three primary storylines, one for each sister, and I have mostly outlined the ideas for the first two. Carnival, however, I have two options.
First of all, just a characterization of Carny that I wrote in a previous Favsland post: "She's insane, no doubt about it. she has no sense of right or wrong, of what's fair and unfair, of what should and should not be done. She's the kind of person that will just do something on a whim, she doesn't care, she can't care."
Okay, so the key point in Carny's storyline is compassion. She's someone who doesn't have it and it confuses her.
One of the major points in this story is her best friend finding that they're gay/lesbian. Said person is religious and they will battle against their pre-established morals and who they are. They'll look for Carnival's help in trying to understand that side of their persona. Carnival herself is bisexual, but she's not the kind of person to get others. She's not more acceptable of things different of her because of that. She just ignores it because everybody is different than her in some point, in most points, but she still things it's stupid for things to be other way. In the case of love, to care about the other persons gender. This will cause some dispute between the friends.
Now, the thing I wanted your opinion in is the gender of said character. I've thinking about it and here's the main differences in the story with each gender:
Female: This was my original idea, most of the cast is already female with the exception of three characters so she fits in. In this scenario in her teenage years she'll fall in love with one of Aurora's best friend, Katherine, which is not lesbian. In the ending of this version, Carnival falls in love with her and she ends up also falling in love with Carny, the final arcs of the story is this character trying her best to help Carnival of all her demons and in the end they end up together.
Male: I started thinking about this one recently, like I said, most of the characters are female, so I thought maybe another male character would be better, plus, there aren't that many homosexual male characters in general, and none in my stories (while there kinda is already another lesbian one). In this version the character would fall in love with the same guy Aurora likes in thei rteenage years, which is also not gay and already likes someone else. Like in the previous version Carnival ends up falling in love with him in their adult lives but in this scenario their final arcs are more toward trying to still be friends while Carny realizes that no matter what he won't like her. In the end he finds someone and Carny overcomes her love and stays happy for him.

What version would you find more appealing and why?