
Where is it implied that Madara is an idiot ?
Parallel doesn't mean carbon copy, Hashirama while sharing some Naruto's traits is obviously not a loser like Naruto the dude has been sitting alone on the top of the shinobi world, hyped to death by everyone and mostly by Madara himself. I don't know the exact details about their relationship but their dynamic is not the exact same as Naruto and Sasuke, in fact the one chasing after the other in that case is Madara and not the other way around or at least that's what it's been hinted since now but anyway
we will get answers in the upcoming chapters right now nothing is set in stone.

No prob, your posts are always a joy to read.