User blog comment:Mrdaimion/Top Six Characters of 2011/@comment-2021069-20120108190533/@comment-1874924-20120108222211

Like Lilac, I haven't read enough competition stories to do a meaningful Top X list. The only OCs on this list that I know anything about are Gabe, Julie and "honorable mention" Paxton. (Neither Gabe nor Paxton are among my favorite characters in their respective stories, although I have high opinions of the stories themselves.)

Lilac, keep in mind the difference between "best" and "widely known". Your audience may be smaller than Sprink's (although that can be said of most of us, I think) but there's a reason why the people who follow your story are so devoted to it.