I think, yeah, if I overtly state the account is no longer in use in the single post made over the previous year, and I've never used it for its proper purpose,

I think, yeah, if I overtly state the account is no longer in use in the single post made over the previous year, and I've never used it for its proper purpose, I probably shouldn't expect that Tumblr are going expend company resources just to be extra, extra nice instead of following the letter of the ToS, especially since if I know full well that it's a desirable domain.