i choose to interpret specific parts of canon as just proof of elias being horny for tim, actually. he let him talk shit about him for three full seasons with zero complaints. he warned him not to go into the unknowing. he immediately let himself be taken to jail after tim died. i can just imagine him getting arrested like “yeah, sure, why not. no point staying in this building when the only hot guy died. it’s so over. it’s never been more over than it is right now”