Idk on top of having supportive evidence, Al being brown via genetics affects nothing about his personality or plot. It has nothing to do with having enough proof or canonical realism. Artists just feel frustrated when strangers accuse them based on info they:
1) didnt know (they only played DAI, their reference is from DAI, they're referencing 90% of fanart)
or
2) dont care about (they are aggressive to crit, they think whitewashing is nbd)
It’s not about the color of Alistair’s himbo booty cheeks its about confrontation. Which is a better conversation to have. Because there are cases where immediate public escalation is too much & some benefit of a doubt can be given. On the other hand, that hardline response is a direct result of fed-up users (mainly of color) being accused of running a targeted defamation campaign, lying, policing, and ruining fandom while being mocked and backbitten for years. 😩
