I kind of dispute your argument, but I get where you’re coming from.
There’s actually a plot point of Chapter 3 of Aww Staw Supah Fwuff, which I wrote as a tribute to the artist KMEB as it was based off his concept.
I feel this way of thinking was what doomed the booru, and at times, the fandom. The idea that “its terrible, and thats what matters”, “as long as its horrible” and “BFYTW”. I think the fiction can strive to be a lot more then that. Yes, I do agree that industrial sadbox/abuse is important to understanding fluffies. But I defy this idea that fluffies, collectively, are hopeless and its “forever” terrible for them.
I think the genre can aspire to be more than just that.