Hello, my lovelies! I'm messaging you with this first because, as $3+ pledgers, you gain the most from the monthly Bonus Pairings and would be impacted most by a change. I'd really appreciate your thoughts! :)
So, I've been thinking for a while now that the Bonus Pairings represent a pretty big investment of work, considering they rarely connect to the main stories too heavily (on average, each BP ends up at about 11k words, compared to an average of 6-8k for normal stories). On the other hand, they're fun, and let me stretch outside the normal continuities a little.
I thought I'd bring the question to you! We've been doing BPs for about a year now. Should they move to once-every-two-months, or are we happy where we are?
The Pros: More time to focus on the main storylines, and to focus on making the BPs higher-quality overall.
The Cons: Fewer Bonus Pairings, fewer BP polls (meaning you get less bang for your buck when submitting requests), and fewer AltEnds. Pretty obvious stuff.