I wouldn't describe the fight in the Pilot as friendly. Sam doesn't know who it is, thinks it's some sort of attacker or bugler (note that Sam does not call 911 or even wake Jess but instead goes to deal with the invader himself.) As for Dean, well, there's no such thing as friendly fire.
The thing that struck me rewatching the fight in 4.21 is that they both are actually trying to *talk* and both force themselves to calm down and be rational. I think the only other time we've seen that was in MATEOTB.
Part of it is that Dean is a MAN and the show actually portrays some of the disadvantages of that status along with the advantages, like being shit at emotional communication.
I'm suspecting that Dean lost because he's uncertain, on some level he didn't want to win or didn't want to do what it would take to win. Dean's waffled on Sam's powers, he's waffled on Ruby (using her was DEAN'S idea, something everyone seems to have forgotten), and he doesn't trust the angels.
I did consider the punch at the end of BUABS, which is notable in being completely undeserved, not to say that I don't understand why he did it, but it was still completely unwarranted. Fans seem to tend to canonize Dean and forget that he's had more than his share of less than stellar moments. (the flashback sequence in the Christmas Special particularly sticks in my craw. Seriously, I've always been told that stealing people's Christmas presents is right up there with kicking kittens.)
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The thing that struck me rewatching the fight in 4.21 is that they both are actually trying to *talk* and both force themselves to calm down and be rational. I think the only other time we've seen that was in MATEOTB.
Part of it is that Dean is a MAN and the show actually portrays some of the disadvantages of that status along with the advantages, like being shit at emotional communication.
I'm suspecting that Dean lost because he's uncertain, on some level he didn't want to win or didn't want to do what it would take to win. Dean's waffled on Sam's powers, he's waffled on Ruby (using her was DEAN'S idea, something everyone seems to have forgotten), and he doesn't trust the angels.
I did consider the punch at the end of BUABS, which is notable in being completely undeserved, not to say that I don't understand why he did it, but it was still completely unwarranted. Fans seem to tend to canonize Dean and forget that he's had more than his share of less than stellar moments. (the flashback sequence in the Christmas Special particularly sticks in my craw. Seriously, I've always been told that stealing people's Christmas presents is right up there with kicking kittens.)