I think it's interesting that a lot of people claim to write fic to enhance canon, to fill in the gaps left by canon, or subvert canon, but can't see the same thing for femslash and/or women characters who aren't pre-packaged feminist/strong characters.
Exactly. I just feel like this is exactly where we as ficwriters, not even just femslashers, have a chance to really go wild, and not enough people are doing it. Bah.

Interesting that you say that about the writers, too. I wonder how much a fandom adapts itself to authorial perceptions, regardless of how unintentional the intentions are (wow, we'll just pretend I said that in a way that makes sense) or how unconscious the fandom movements are.