Whoever thinks that Lakshmi and Saraswati are docile and submissive are stupid as fuck. And a huge fuck you to everyone who has squashed them into this mold of a perfect wife.
Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth, and how is she shown? Sitting near Vishnu's feet. There are depictions of the reverse too, where he is sitting at her feet, but society has conveniently chosen to ignore those. Sita herself, mentions when Ravan is abducting her, that she will not let any other man touch her feet except Rama, showing that yes, he did touch her feet.
Now, she actually does have a personality, apart from being Vishnu's wife. Lakshmi loves cleanliness, she literally tells Indra that she will not enter a home where people are taking out ghee from a container without washing their hands after eating. Her name is Chanchala, the naughty one. Cut to people claiming that OMGGGG LAKSHMI WILL NOT BLESS YOU IF YOU DON'T SIT STILL. I didn't know my adhd would bother Lakshmi so much.
Lakshmi is not just the Goddess of monetary wealth, but all types of wealth (remember Ashta Lakshmi? her forms with different types of wealth?). In the Shakta sect, Adishakti divides into Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali (these three are all associated with Parvati only.) Mahasaraswati is Kaushiki, who kills Shumbha and Nishumbha. Mahalakshmi is Mahishasuramardini Durga, who kills, well, Mahishasura. And Mahakali of course, kills Raktabeeja. From these three, the tridevas and tridevis come out in pairs (sibling pairs, ofc).
Vishnupriya Mahalakshmi, the wife of Vishnu, is different from Mahishasuramardini Mahalakshmi. She is also called Kolhasuramardini, since she killed Kolhasura (As described in the Lakshmi Tantra). Lakshmi also has a tantric form, Kamalatmika. She is the opposite of an obedient, submissive wife. She does not need Vishnu to function.
Saraswati is not even Brahma's wife in so many depictions. In some narratives, she is a virgin goddess. She is the Goddess of knowledge, yes, but she is also a war deity. She literally helps Indra kill Vritra. She also has her tantric forms, like Matangi and Neela Saraswati. How can she be a submissive wife if it is not even clear if she IS a wife?
It is time to stop forcing our standards on deities. It is very telling that we keep the Gods' attires the same way as they have been, but keep on giving blouses with sleeves and pallus to our Goddesses.