we can do friends outside of work! rory's not necessarily the type to seek advice, but he does think better out loud and kinetically. even if he takes no advice (he might, he might not!) he would at least appreciate having him as a sounding board for his ideas, because on a good day he usually thinks they're all terrible. and rory definitely pays attention to trends and social media, he just prefers to be a ghost on it because he finds the interactive aspects emotionally draining. he does get the tiktok but he's not going to explain why that is lol.