Supernatural Thoughts and Quotes or How big of an asshole God really is

4x17 It's a Terrible Life

Zachariah to Dean (Smith): "[Dean: Why are you doing this?] To prove to you that the path you're on is truly in your blood. You're a hunter! Not because your Dad made you, not because God called you back from hell, but because it is what you are. And you love it. You'll find your way to it in the dark every single time and you're miserable without it. [...] You'll do everything you're destined to do. All of it. [...] This isn't a curse, it's a gift. So for God's sake quit whining about it. Look around: there are plenty of fates worse than yours. [...] Are you ready to stand up and be who you really are?"

The whole purpose of this episode just like the one with the Djinn (see 2x20 What is and What Should Never Be) is that no matter what Sam and Dean will always, always end up together as hunters, doing what they're supposed to do (fulfilling God's will as a writer). They practically don't have a choice but when they are given the illusion of having one they still "choose" their intended fate. 

What Zach says about Dean wanting to be a hunter, having it in his blood, loving it might be true but I don't really believe that it's a 100 percent Dean's free will, 'cause God needed them to be hunters and to somewhat enjoy the hunter life for his story and for them to be able to endure it for so long. After all God put them in all these circumstances that made them who they are and made them accept and actually believing to wanting this life. 

I think all God wants to do with this, is to show Dean or better yet to make Dean believe it himself that this is what he truly wants and that he can't outrun it, that he'll always find it, because it's his destiny. Dean himself said on multiple occasions that he doesn't believe in destiny but the more God or people (19) on behalf of God show him, that no matter what he'll always come back to this life with the illusion of choosing it himself, eventually Dean will begin to believe it himself and stops to question anything that's happening to him, to them. 

Once again God wants to break Dean's will, make him obedient and unquestionably so that he just accepts his fate and plays along with it, which makes it easier for God's story to develop maybe even surprise him with unexpected twists and turns, as long as his characters play along just like he likes it and don't fall out of line. With Zach telling Dean that his life isn't a curse but rather a gift God even makes Dean appreciate this life and all the pain, suffering, death, loss, heartbreak and misery that comes with it and he basically implies that Dean should even be thankful for it. That he should even be thanking God for making him his main character and giving him (and Sam of course) all the spotlight and all the attention so his life can mean something and he should be lucky enough to be given a purpose. 

This purpose is of course not about saving people and hunting things (or the family business), not even about saving the world. These things just happen along the way, because it makes their lives and therefor the story more interesting, more thrilling. So this whole "glory" purpose of Sam and Dean's lives is just to satisfy God in all his needs, which practically means giving everything, everything up for his stupid story. Did I mention that God is a sadistic asshole?

(19) "People" may be the wrong word given that it's mostly monsters or angels (which I kind of include with monsters but I specifically wanted to point it out) who act in God's name directly or indirectly that is.