Haha, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you and Emmie chose the same two fics. :)

The idea that you can sit and wait and things will work out for you is an idea I buy into a little too much in my life (I'm much more of a passive person than I should be)

Huh. I don't think I'd thought about the real-life implications like that. I guess because I'm not one to expect happy endings - I am rather passive, too, but it comes from being cynical and assuming things will never work out the way I want, no matter what I do. Which clearly influences my writing a LOT, lol.

Anyway, thanks so much for the kind words!