Generally the comic isnt influenced by comments unless it is something I can recognize as a flaw or something missing that shouldn’t be. For example if a bunch of people don’t understand something, it’s probably not that they are wrong, it’s that it was explained poorly. Large portions of Yosh! are done sporadically, sometimes to fill in time, to pad things out, usually to make sure everyone reading has some time to let what just happened sink in for a bit. So you do some innocent simple cute stuff for a little while. The Characters decompress a bit and then you hop on the next train for some more “real story”. These little breaks are important, and not in a filler sense of “We just need to pad things out so we have time to work on bigger parts”. It’s more about pacing and letting the story come to a resting point so it can start building to the next climax.
I have story arcs planned, some more so than others, but not a strict script. I also have a list of interactions and relationships. Showing certain characters that dont always get to interact with each other doing just that, or popular characters exploring their relationships with each other. Those short little bits with Phil and Kate, the random shenanigans that the Demoness or Blue might get up to, these, while not vital to the plot, are vital to transitions.