so he's basically doing an onlyfans without doing an onlyfans.
like, there's dudes on onlyfans who literally pull the same scam he's doing.
i'm genuinely starting to think he does want to show off and maybe not do full on porn but some more sexy/nude type content that'd go on onlyfans, but he has the little voices in his mind telling him he was raised not to do such things and "what would your family think?", and that's why he hasn't taken the plunge and instead is doing this stuff on patreon for high tier patrons. it's probably the only thing he can justify in his head doing and being ok with it