I was going to make a post about this within itself, but I found this thread so.....
RPer A makes a RP request thread (of a certain fandom, idea, etc) for RPer B to express interest and the two start plotting. After sharing ideas, the two agree to finally start what seems to be a promising RP. RPer A writes an good quality over quantity, starter and awaits excitingly for RPer B to reply so the RP can officially start. And so A waits and waits and waits before finally messaging B who either flat out ignores him or says how they are too busy at the moment to reply even though it's been close to a week since A started the RP.
More to the point; What is the purpose of expressing interest (whether you are the GM or the partner) in a RP only to never carry through? I'm mainly talking about 1/1 as if your partner drops out, your RP is done if you cannot replace them. It's just so frustrating and I've encountered it time after time again and again site to site. I'm currently dealing with it now, and while I'm open minded to my partners' personal life, I find it a bit rude and terribly frustrating that our RP has been sitting for almost 4 days untouched even after my partner gave promises to reply soon. I get sometimes stuff happens or come sup where we can only post from our phones, and how hard it can be to give a good quality post, I truly get that. However, that isn't an excuse to never reply to the RP. (In the events it's your only means of RPing for the time being, that is.) It's even MORE aggrivating when they give you every excuse in the book yet you can clearly seem them online, replying to all their other RPs... like why? When your muse is so high for a certain type of RP and you finally have found a partner that in turn, doesn't deliever, it is the worst ever. It's like a little kid knowing they got the bike they've always wanted, but can't have it till their birthday that is months away. It's mental torture because it's so close yet so far away! If by chance said partner is reading this (you know who you are) I'm sorry, I just need to vent a little. (And I hope you reply to our RP soon!)