I think basically it is canon??? Like—the intensely unsure and needy way he interacts with both Mike and Idri is SO FASCINATING to me, because I feel like basically the amount of transparently-screaming-inside he does is really, really telling? Like—I feel like with both of them, Eliot's basically going, "Ohshit, I'm into him, and he's cool—what do I do now???" Which strongly implies that usually, Eliot does nerds.