My favourite writers on this site have to be 3J, Endmaster and Madglee. I have read nearly every one of their stories and loved all of them.
I'm a fan of Sethaniel myself. I love his Snow story and I'm pretty sure he wrote Haunted which was also a fantastic story.
Endmaster, 3J, Sethaniel. In that order.
Madglee's stories are certainly good, they just didn't seem that good to me.
I totally agree with you. The story isn't that great. The coding is what rocked. 3J, Endmaster, and Sethaniel rocked the story part for sure.
I would argue the opposite. Having no time to get involved with the characters was a good thing. As time goes on you begin to find flaws in people; we can't help that, it's human nature. By keeping Snow so brief, Sethaniel was able to touch so many people with his story and it's why the story was so beautiful and sad - the girl was still mysterious to us, so their love was perfect (or close to it).
I get involved in characters when writing, not reading. But that's just me.
I like that favourite has the British action.