feos, i dont know, try this

BizHawk.Client.Common/inputAdapters/BitwiseAdapters.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,32 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		internal IController SourceAnd { get; set; }
 	}
 
+	public class XorAdapter : IController
+	{
+		public ControllerDefinition Definition => Source.Definition;
+
+		public bool IsPressed(string button)
+		{
+			if (Source != null && SourceXor != null)
+			{
+				return Source.IsPressed(button) ^ SourceXor.IsPressed(button);
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// pass floats solely from the original source
+		// this works in the code because SourceOr is the autofire controller
+		public float GetFloat(string name)
+		{
+			return Source.GetFloat(name);
+		}
+
+		internal IController Source { get; set; }
+		internal IController SourceXor { get; set; }
+	}
+
+
 	public class ORAdapter : IController
 	{
 		public ControllerDefinition Definition => Source.Definition;

BizHawk.Client.Common/inputAdapters/InputAdapterExtensions.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.InputAdapterExtensions
 			};
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a new IController that is in a state of a bitwise Xor of the source and target controllers
+		/// </summary>
+		public static IController Xor(this IController source, IController target)
+		{
+			return new XorAdapter
+			{
+				Source = source,
+				SourceXor = target
+			};
+		}
+
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Creates a new IController that is in a state of a bitwise Or of the source and target controllers
 		/// </summary>

BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/DisplayManager/OSDManager.cs

@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					//next, draw the immediate input.
 					//that is, whatever's being held down interactively right this moment even if the game is paused
 					//this includes things held down due to autohold or autofire
+					//I know, this is all really confusing
 					var immediate = InputStrImmediate();
 					g.DrawString(immediate, MessageFont, immediateColor, x, y);
 
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					//basically we're tinting whatever's pressed because it's sticky specially
 					//in order to achieve this we want to avoid drawing anything pink that isnt actually held down right now
 					//so we make an AND adapter and combine it using immediate & sticky
-					var autoString = MakeStringFor(Global.AutofireStickyXORAdapter.And(Global.StickyXORAdapter.Or(Global.AutofireStickyXORAdapter)));
+					var autoString = MakeStringFor(Global.StickyXORAdapter.Source.Xor(Global.AutofireStickyXORAdapter).And(Global.AutofireStickyXORAdapter));
 					g.DrawString(autoString, MessageFont, autoColor, x, y);
 
 					//recolor everything that's changed from the previous input