I tottally agree with you. Sometimes I see “parallel” and I’m like, great, let’s learn something new about this character that I didn’t notice before" but nah, we just see Dean rubbing his face with the back of his hand. and I mean it’s pretty but there is no parallel here.

Ugh. I totally know what you mean. It’s not a parallel. I mean, it’s neat and it’s an interesting bit of characterization but it’s not a parallel, just a consistent character trait. It’s not a frickin’ parallel!