I've already commented that the list of pairings displayed in your [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/167061-anime-and-video-game-character-roleplay-partner-request/ooc]interest check[/url] give the impression of you just wanting to do anime canon x OC, which can appear as a limited selection to an outsider. It's not about the number of canon x OC pairings, it's the fact that they are [i]all[/i] canon x OC pairings at a quick glance. In addition, it's for a somewhat limited selection of canons. The amount of people that may express interest could decrease because who you happen to have passing by may be skimming titles and pairings to get an idea of what the other person wants.

Approaching such criticism by saying people have no imagination and live in the mysterious "Negative Zone" does nothing to aid your cause. It makes you appear temperamental, and has the reverse effect of making you look not particularly imaginative or open to critique - something I would think is critical, that is, being open to critique and also critiquing yourself. I think the discord is a cesspool anyways, so I don't really take conversations and comments there seriously.

Roleplaying in general is afflicted with apathy. It's just how humans work. They think they want something, then they do it, and then they go "...meh" after a while. Sometimes they differ. But in the grand scheme of roleplaying, that's more the exception than the rule.

If you're not feeling understood with what you want, communicate that. Open a side PM or use a thread's OOC section. Constant OOC conversation is helpful to keeping a roleplay alive. When the OOC conversation dies out, you know something is off. Communication is the primary way to drive things, and if you don't have some sort of line of communication going besides posting in IC and simmering because the other person is doing something you don't like, then that RP is likely doomed to fail. The only way someone's going to improve is if you tell them your thoughts in the first place and make sure the picture is clear.

When waiting for a reply, communication is also important - poke people if they wait beyond the normal time of waiting. Sometimes they forget, or it's writer's block, or they lost you in a sea of their real life things... either way, the first step is to lightly harass them and see what the circumstances are, and therefore have a fairly complete image of what's going on so you don't get depressed about a short wait that can be caused by a myriad of reasons.

[s]I feel like you're going to ignore all this and throw away 7 minutes, but meh, what's 7 minutes >.<[/s]