One of the most interesting things about modern fandom culture to me is the permission gap between canon and fan work, where it's all but explicitly stated that fans aren't responsible enough to be trusted with themes present in the mainstream, commercial source material.
Independent work doesn't get the same benefit of the doubt, because you can't trust the intentions of a person with that much creative agency. But if it's a lot of people doing salaried work that was vetted by a big company, well, maybe it's not perfect, but normal folks let them put it on the TV.