Supernatural Season 14 Finale: The Monster At The End Of This Book.

Supernatural fans are getting all fired up over the announcement that next Season will be it's last. They are on edge. And they are getting pissed off at the characterization of a beloved character in last night's finale. Some strongly believe it wasn't really him. And that it was out of character. Let me break down Chuck's journey and why I don't think it's out of character. There's many clues throughout the seasons that suggest he's not the God you expect.

Andrew Dabb will write vague hints about what the episode is about on his twitter. The tweet for the finale read "writer's lie." Many times writer's will place things into episodes that "define" a character to fool the audience. This is done because they aren't ready to reveal who this character is. There was mystery surrounding God. Where is he? Why did he leave? What is he really like?

When we first meet God. He's pretending to be a Prophet. Clueless and oblivious. He's writing books. Called Supernatural. Which mirror Dean and Sam's life. Whatever he writes happens to them. The first episode Chuck Shirley appears in as the "prophet" is titled "The Monster At The End Of This Book." When Dean and Sam confront him Chuck says "Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god... I'm definitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious God."

Fans only thought that hinted that he was God. But it hinted at a lot more. He didn't say he was just a God. He said he was a cruel and Capricious God. It went over Dean and Sam's heads at the time. Because it was supposed to. Just as it was supposed to go over the audiences head.

Supernatural is a very self aware show. That uses fourth wall breaking and Meta episodes to reveal key plot points about characters. And their development. Fans are used to show writer's misleading them as to what will happen next. To not reveal too much. "Writer's lie." And Supernatural writers aren't the exception to this. Sometimes what they provide as "Spoilers" aren't the full extent of what happens. Because why would they give it away. When they want you to watch. Chuck has been represented in different ways throughout each episode he's in. He never shows the same version of himself.

Before the reveal that he was God he was the awkward Chuck Shurley. Writer. And he played that role well. He dated super fan Becky. He went to conventions. And he promised Dean and Sam he'd stop publishing and writing books about them. He kept that promise and Becky leaked the unpublished books. So we're to assume he understands Dean's and Sam's objections. That he's stop writing. He's a good guy right? Well that's what the audience does assume.

Skip ahead to when he is talking to Metaron after he revealed he's God in the bar. He said he did a little bit of acting. He said it was fun. He was referring to his life as Chuck. This implies Chuck is a character he created. He said a lot of stuff as "God" in that episode. That made fans think well of him. But the show has never defined who God is. It has always put emphasis on him leaving. Abandoning people.

Another thing they put emphasis on is that he is a writer. The creator of worlds. The one pulling the strings. I always had a theory that just because he stopped writing the Supernatural books. Didn't mean he stopped writing The Winchester's story. That it was always a plot to him. Did I expect how true of a statement "Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god... I'm definitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious god." would turn out to be? No. But it makes sense now the line.

Capricious:

adjective given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

We've seen Chuck/God be capricious throughout the episodes. The word fits him. In Season 14 AU Michael tells Castiel that God is just a writer. He writes drafts after draft. That's all his universes are to him. That's all Castiel and his family is to him. When Sam brings up God in Season 14 after Mary dies. Dean says "God writes paperback books." More emphasis on him being a writer. When he shows up he wants the end to his show to play out how he wrote it. Verifies that everything he's ever said otherwise, is a lie. He says "I'm a writer. Writers tend to lie." The line from Dabb's tweet makes it's entrance into the episode.

The angels said from the beginning God doesn't care. Dean has said from the beginning God doesn't care. When Dean chooses free will at the end of the finale. And writes his own ending. Stands up to God. And says I won't kill Jack. Mary wouldn't want that either. God takes his ending back. And kills Jack. Not only does he kill his grandson for the sake of writing and story telling. Brings back all the monsters Dean and Sam have ever killed. You see Bloody Mary and the woman in white.

And he says "Fine! Welcome to the end."

The last line Welcome To the End. Was brilliant. And set up Season 15. Because Season 15 IS the end. The show will be over after the 20th episode of the season. Where will this end take us? I don't know. But Chuck wasn't out of character. He was showing his true colors. In full force. And what kind of God he really was. He confirmed that he is The Monster At The End Of The Book.