I think you’ll just have to decide for yourself what scenes are really worth it, a reason I would give to cut out subplots completely rather than trim like Ben’s civil war antics for example is that by having less it ends up feeling more jarring and pointless to see it abridged. I think there’s room for little moments but they shouldn’t be so over the top while also being too short or it will just feel confusing why it was brought up in the first place only to be resolved by the next scene.
That’s what I was concerned about too. The current workprint think leaves most of the subplots in abridged form that doesn’t feel entirely pointless IMO. There’s nothing I personally want to cut at this point, but there’s been interest from a few more about viewing the edit, so I’ll see if their thoughts change my perspective in any way.