Dean Winchester is a Furry Blue Puppet (Response to Sam Winchester is a Furry Blue Puppet )
After reading a post by
So, naturally I decided to take her question to heart and submit for your consideration the idea that Dean is the monster at the end of the book. It makes sense that Sam, in his effort to become strong enough to fight the big bad monster, would become a monster, but as the original post presented that idea, I chose to explore other ground.
If we look at the season as a book, then we’re thinking of the monster at the end of the season, which makes the most sense. But if we read (perhaps a little to deeply) into the fact that the Supernatural books written by Chuck each corresponded with an episode, then we can assume that there was a monster at the end of this episode-presumably in Chuck’s vision.
I don’t believe that it was Zachariah as Chuck’s reaction to Zachariah when he woke did not indicate that the angel was the monster. Chuck said he had to warn Sam and Dean, and I assume that he would not have said that to the monster.
Chuck’s comment that he was going to kill himself could hint that he plays an active part in what’s coming, and that perhaps is the monster, but Zachariah saying that they would just bring him back goes well with the idea that he will remain a passive prophet.
Having the monster be Castiel could work, perhaps if it were a result of him choosing Dean over his orders, but I foresee Castiel remaining an ally.
So, let’s work with the idea that the monster is Dean; that for all the juxtaposition of Sam with the demon Ruby and Dean with the angel Castiel, Dean is actually the one who is going to be the monster that needs to be stopped.
In some ways, Dean is the one who is frightened and trying to stop Sam/the reader from getting to the end of the book. We had Sam’s words in the episode:
Dean: It frustrates me when you say such reckless things.
Sam: It frustrates me when you would rather run than fight.
Sam wants to get to the end of the book, Dean doesn’t think they’re ready for what they’ll find there-perhaps Dean is the Grover in this scenario and Sam is the reader, busting through obstacles to get to that final fight. There has been spec that Sam is being built into the perfect vessel for Lucifer, but if we think about Dean’s actions in hell after the first 30 years/3 months. The first seal had already been broken, the angels were laying siege to hell to get Dean out, and Dean spent another 10 years/1 month learning to be an expert torturer. Perhaps hell had a reason for not putting Dean back on the rack when their purpose was accomplished-maybe they saw something in him. By this time, word had to have gotten down to his area of the pit that angels were seeking him out, and maybe Alastair and company wanted more than to make sure that Dean’s soul wouldn’t be in any shape to take Lucifer on.
Maybe the demons leading this whole thing, upon realizing that the angels would succeed in getting Dean out, had a contingency plan making Dean Lucifer’s ideal vessel. Uriel wanted to let Alastair kill Dean, but it could be that Dean did not quite retain as much of his demonic nature as they expected he their plans for him were seen as dispensable.
Of course, the demons assuming that Dean was a lost cause for them does not mean that he was; and our assumptions about Sam’s blood drinking and his motives and what it’s doing to him doesn’t mean that his path is as dark as we expect.
But in order for the Grover metaphor to work, I wonder if our idea of “monster” needs to change. We had a lot of drama with Sam’s discovery of his demon blood, and his views on monsters changing-seeing Madison as a victim of something that was done to her, the rugaru before he transformed. We may just receive confirmation that Dean, who’s been frickin resurrected from hell, is not as normal as he likes to think he is, and that may help him stop the apocalypse/Lucifer.
Dean told Sam earlier in this season that if he didn’t know him he’d want to hunt him. In the book, Grover was in awe at the reader’s ability to overcome obstacles-how could we be so strong? The way Sam was so strong. And it was our pressing through that got Grover to see the truth. So, for the metaphor to work, Sam’s efforts would have to make Dean see the truth. It looks as if Sam’s efforts are bringing them towards the confrontation, not just with Lilith, but with Lucifer and perhaps it will be at this point that we find out just how Dean was the monster at the end of the book.
And because I’m a Dean/Cas shipper, I have to wonder: would Dean consider himself a monster if some of Castiel’s grace had transferred to him during their exit from hell as much fic would like to speculate? He wouldn’t be entirely human, and he’s made it clear that things that are non-human are not alright with him, but his experience with Anna before she was re-winged, and his growing connection with Castiel have given him a different perspective on things.
Think about Grover’s reaction at the end of that book-he was embarrassed that he’d been so scared. It makes me wonder if the “monster” is really so bad.
Of course, this is all an elaborate stretch of the imagination and, even though I’ve written it in just a few minutes, probably way too much analysis of the contents of a classic children’s book that happens to share the title with this episode, but I loved everything about this last episode and wanted to write something connected with it. And, of course, make badly fauxtoshopped fan-art:
bellajayd , I've decided to totally steal her idea pay tribute with a response proposing an alternate theory about The Monster at the End of This Book, albeit one that is a bit more of a stretch. SPOILERS up to 4x18.
She posed the question, of course, of who is the monster at the end of the book.
So, naturally I decided to take her question to heart and submit for your consideration the idea that Dean is the monster at the end of the book. It makes sense that Sam, in his effort to become strong enough to fight the big bad monster, would become a monster, but as the original post presented that idea, I chose to explore other ground.
If we look at the season as a book, then we’re thinking of the monster at the end of the season, which makes the most sense. But if we read (perhaps a little to deeply) into the fact that the Supernatural books written by Chuck each corresponded with an episode, then we can assume that there was a monster at the end of this episode-presumably in Chuck’s vision.
I don’t believe that it was Zachariah as Chuck’s reaction to Zachariah when he woke did not indicate that the angel was the monster. Chuck said he had to warn Sam and Dean, and I assume that he would not have said that to the monster.
Chuck’s comment that he was going to kill himself could hint that he plays an active part in what’s coming, and that perhaps is the monster, but Zachariah saying that they would just bring him back goes well with the idea that he will remain a passive prophet.
Having the monster be Castiel could work, perhaps if it were a result of him choosing Dean over his orders, but I foresee Castiel remaining an ally.
So, let’s work with the idea that the monster is Dean; that for all the juxtaposition of Sam with the demon Ruby and Dean with the angel Castiel, Dean is actually the one who is going to be the monster that needs to be stopped.
In some ways, Dean is the one who is frightened and trying to stop Sam/the reader from getting to the end of the book. We had Sam’s words in the episode:
Dean: It frustrates me when you say such reckless things.
Sam: It frustrates me when you would rather run than fight.
Sam wants to get to the end of the book, Dean doesn’t think they’re ready for what they’ll find there-perhaps Dean is the Grover in this scenario and Sam is the reader, busting through obstacles to get to that final fight. There has been spec that Sam is being built into the perfect vessel for Lucifer, but if we think about Dean’s actions in hell after the first 30 years/3 months. The first seal had already been broken, the angels were laying siege to hell to get Dean out, and Dean spent another 10 years/1 month learning to be an expert torturer. Perhaps hell had a reason for not putting Dean back on the rack when their purpose was accomplished-maybe they saw something in him. By this time, word had to have gotten down to his area of the pit that angels were seeking him out, and maybe Alastair and company wanted more than to make sure that Dean’s soul wouldn’t be in any shape to take Lucifer on.
Maybe the demons leading this whole thing, upon realizing that the angels would succeed in getting Dean out, had a contingency plan making Dean Lucifer’s ideal vessel. Uriel wanted to let Alastair kill Dean, but it could be that Dean did not quite retain as much of his demonic nature as they expected he their plans for him were seen as dispensable.
Of course, the demons assuming that Dean was a lost cause for them does not mean that he was; and our assumptions about Sam’s blood drinking and his motives and what it’s doing to him doesn’t mean that his path is as dark as we expect.
But in order for the Grover metaphor to work, I wonder if our idea of “monster” needs to change. We had a lot of drama with Sam’s discovery of his demon blood, and his views on monsters changing-seeing Madison as a victim of something that was done to her, the rugaru before he transformed. We may just receive confirmation that Dean, who’s been frickin resurrected from hell, is not as normal as he likes to think he is, and that may help him stop the apocalypse/Lucifer.
Dean told Sam earlier in this season that if he didn’t know him he’d want to hunt him. In the book, Grover was in awe at the reader’s ability to overcome obstacles-how could we be so strong? The way Sam was so strong. And it was our pressing through that got Grover to see the truth. So, for the metaphor to work, Sam’s efforts would have to make Dean see the truth. It looks as if Sam’s efforts are bringing them towards the confrontation, not just with Lilith, but with Lucifer and perhaps it will be at this point that we find out just how Dean was the monster at the end of the book.
And because I’m a Dean/Cas shipper, I have to wonder: would Dean consider himself a monster if some of Castiel’s grace had transferred to him during their exit from hell as much fic would like to speculate? He wouldn’t be entirely human, and he’s made it clear that things that are non-human are not alright with him, but his experience with Anna before she was re-winged, and his growing connection with Castiel have given him a different perspective on things.
Think about Grover’s reaction at the end of that book-he was embarrassed that he’d been so scared. It makes me wonder if the “monster” is really so bad.
Of course, this is all an elaborate stretch of the imagination and, even though I’ve written it in just a few minutes, probably way too much analysis of the contents of a classic children’s book that happens to share the title with this episode, but I loved everything about this last episode and wanted to write something connected with it. And, of course, make badly fauxtoshopped fan-art:
bellajayd , I've decided to totally steal her idea pay tribute with a response proposing an alternate theory about The Monster at the End of This Book, albeit one that is a bit more of a stretch. SPOILERS up to 4x18.
She posed the question, of course, of who is the monster at the end of the book.