But therein lies the problem, the moment you let your work out in the wild and on top of that expect people to pay for that work/experience, you already are directing it at them directly or indirectly.
It's absurd that Adult themed VN has sparked such discussion about storytelling, to me that means that author has talent/potential for greatness, but chose wrong medium/genre mix and representation for his outing.
He clearly misrepresented his work on his patreon page (no you cannot shove all that under adult themes when considered in context), thats why ESRB, PEGI and others include additional tags along age rating, thats why there are many clearly defined genres and sub-genres for these mediums!!!
Lets play out an acting lesson shall we (lame pun i know)...
While we are here have one, imagine this...
Sorry about another rant...