THIS. I have two potential castmates who are both afraid to app because they're not 100% sure they could keep the characters around for a long time and they don't want to be seen as flakes. Fuck that, I'd rather have them give it a shot and have it not work out, because at least I would get to play with the castmates for a little while even if it doesn't work.

I hate the actual flakes who have given people who drop a character after a month or two a bad name. If someone is active in a game with one or more other characters that have been around for a while, they're not a flake for dropping a character that didn't work out.