Yeah, it's kind of a shame when characters get too trapped in just a handful of tropes that are supposedly defining them. I think it's been a problem with the show lately, too - the characters feel kinda stale. In the end, nobody is just their one-paragraph summary, and it's good to show that once in a while. And as far as I'm concerned, it's also one of the few good reasons to include canon characters in fan art and fan fiction.