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

5x04 The End

Lucifer (in Sam's Vessel) to Dean: "Whatever you do, you'll always end up here. Whatever choices you make, whatever details you alter we will always end up... here. I win! So I win."

God shows Dean the allegedly inevitable future to on one hand make him say yes to Michael, because only his consent can prevent this future from happening and God wants his big finale, his big showdown between heaven and hell, between Lucifer and Michael to be between these two brothers, Sam and Dean, who love each other unconditionally and more than anything, even more than their own life, but will nevertheless fight at opposite sides until one has to kill the other. Why does God would want such a sadistic thing to happen you might ask? Because it's epic!

On the other hand he also shows Dean a little teaser, a little sneak peek to the future, to the climax, to the possible finale to create a scenario where the "hero" knows what's going to happen in the end and either tries everything to change this outcome and eventually fails tragically and miserably or just accepts the way it's going to pan out and tries to prepare himself and others or he remains silent and shoulders all the responsibility and the burden that comes with knowing. Whatever the "hero" "decides" to do it'll be an interesting storyline for God to follow and continue, so it's a win-win. Well it is for God but not for literally anyone else on the planet and above and beyond so screw you God!

Anyway back to topic... what seeing his possibly and very likely future does to Dean, I can't even imagine. He'll blame himself even more than before, he'll put everyone else especially his brother above himself and he'll do anything, ANYTHING to not make this happen. With this new received willingness God basically can do with Dean whatever he wants. He is now more than ever willing to sacrifice everything for the cause and that's exactly where God wants him to be.

The fact that Dean after this whole impressive back to the future crap lesson still chooses to be with Sam and to change that detail about the "past" instead of saying yes to Michael as the angels originally intended shows that Dean will no matter what ALWAYS choose family before everything else. That's what makes Dean so different, so iconic, that's what God probably finds so interesting about this "character" of his. He may have given up hope on himself a long, long time ago but he will never in his right mind give up hope on his brother, on his family. This is also what makes Dean stronger, not weaker like he believes it. Perhaps the monsters along with God will use the brotherly love as an advantage, but it's this same love that makes both Sam and Dean stronger than ever, because of what they will do to protect the other, how far they are willing to go and no matter how desperate or hopeless a fight may seem they will race in guns blazing because it is family which they are fighting for. This is what's going to be dangerous for God, because he underestimates their strength when they are fighting for love.