Ooo, thank you; I've been hoping someone would write something like this for a long time. (Since I first read a "Why slash?" essay, basically.)

Also, La Femme Nikita sounds interesting. Do you have a recs page or post you could point me to? I checked through your memories but didn't find any there, and I don't think I've ever seen it on any of the multi-fandom recs sources I use, although I might just have skimmed over it from unfamiliarity.