>>86738789At the end of the day, their streams are a means to an end. As much as Ruffians want to cope that fuwamoco really love streaming for them, the only reason they do it is because they have to to get big enough numbers to matter for stuff on the back end. 1 million by their own admission will open a lot more doors to do 'homework' and give them more leverage to get things like sponsorships, connections, and will get them their wish which they can use towards one of multiple of their final goals. They have talked many times about burnout, have talked about basically everyone in Hololive telling them that they should chill just a little, and have thrown it all to the wind because they believe that they need to do as much as possible to get to a sololive. They're basically letting their doomerisms rule their outlook on their future ij Hololive.
It has brought them a lot of oppertunities though, because they will never say no to management. Just look at the fact that they somehow got announced for Nendoroids already despite the fact that Kiara's still isn't even colored and Promise got announced a day later. They basically skipped the line because of their popularity and the pressure they put on the back end after doing all of this shit.
At the end of the day though, it means their streams take a back seat to things that are more important to them. It's part of the reason why they never play the games they say they really like, because a majority of them are tereible for their numbers. It's also why they put very little effort into their streams and streaming setup. Neither of those things will result in more oppertunities on the back end for homework. Whether or not you care is up to you, as some of their streams still are fun.
To close it off, they talked recently in their members stream about how they want to have more oppertunities in the future to bring vtubing/vtubers to the outside world. They sited the Dodgers collab and Marine talking at some big event in Japan as things they dream of doing. They would much rather be idols than streamers, and it reflects in their actions.
