and now, a question

I'm about 3/4 done with the second draft of the fic, and beginning to think about how I'll post it to AO3. I've never posted anything this long before and I'm wondering what the most reader-friendly (and also, because I'm greedy, comment- and kudos-friendly) way to do it is.

Please feel free to respond even if you don't know/care about this fandom or this particular fic. I'm interested in general reading preferences.

I will note that the fic has a natural break point about halfway through, but there aren't natural/obvious break points for 3, 4, or more pieces.

Poll #27166

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How should I post this 40,000+ word fic?

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In one piece.
1 (5.6%)

In 2 chapters at the same time.
5 (27.8%)

In 2 chapters, separated by 1 week.
3 (16.7%)

In 3+ chapters at the same time.
3 (16.7%)

In 3+ chapters separated by 1 week.
4 (22.2%)

Some other way, which I may elaborate on in comments.
2 (11.1%)

Your new favorite thing?

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Ticky.
5 (31.2%)

Box.
3 (18.8%)

Pirates.
3 (18.8%)

Fancy coats.
5 (31.2%)

Oranges.
6 (37.5%)

Passive aggression.
2 (12.5%)

Massive aggression.
6 (37.5%)

Swordfighting.
5 (31.2%)

Ships (literal).
8 (50.0%)

Ships (figurative).
11 (68.8%)

extremely important statistical analysis

Probably anyone who would be interested in this is already subscribed to the community, but just in case: I just posted to ourflagmeansgay about the ways Izzy canonically refers to Ed, either in speaking to him or about him. What emerged when I tracked through the episodes what actually quite different from what I had thought.