Obnoxious??? Far from it. You definitely are not being so. I tried to get the thread back on track, but it keeps getting kidnapped, as have other threads as well.:(
No one really knows if Nicole is actually going to try and pull off the exact same stunt that Kristen did, but what if John discovers her with a "pillow", and it triggers a glimmer. Seems familiar, per se. Remember how that ONE time, when John saw the name Roman Brady on a door, it triggered something briefly?
I think you both may be on to something here. There have been times when he has caught glimpses of things from his past and there was always a brief trigger of some thought.