[quote=@Raineh Daze]
I think you're more optimistic about people vanishing right after getting a thread up than I am. 

Also, your daily reminder that singular they is a valid gender-neutral pronoun. xD
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Perhaps. I think I'd more likely say I'm too stubborn and lazy to keep applying for RPs that just go belly up right away. As mentioned, I've been doing this for 15 years. That's a long time. I've grown tired of starting over all the time, so I fan the flames of a dying fire rather than just building a new one.
Besides, I don't think a few days is a long time. I'm sometimes gone for weeks and none of my usual comrades (like Halvtand) bats an eye at it 'cause they know I'll eventually return and get right back into it.