#the monster at the end of this book

[gameraboy2]

The Monster at the End of this Book (1971)

#The Monster at the End of this Book #sesame street #you turned the page #grover #vintage #art #illustration

[shirtlesssammy]

Dean and Cas every day not often enough -- 9/?

Supernatural 4x18//The Monster at the End of this Book

#destieledit #deancasedit #dean winchester #castiel #cas #spnedit #supernatural #deancasseries #spn 4x18 #the monster at the end of this book #this is the moment i fell in love with cas so i will always gif this again and again

[loganslowdown4]

This book is DEFINITELY where Roman Sanders learned to be ✨dramatic✨❤️🤍

#literally my favourite book as a kid #this explains SO MUCH why Roman is my favourite lmao #I love epiphanies like this haha #thomas sanders #sanders sides #roman sanders #the monster at the end of this book #Grover

[dogzcats]

Agatha Christie this, Gillian Flynn that… let’s not sleep on the book with THE plot twist of the century

#txt #show some respect for my boy Grover #the monster at the end of this book #sesame street

[alaynestone]

1.04   4.15   4.18   6.08 

#spnedit #samdeanedit #wincestedit #sam pov shots of dean on display like that.. yeah #makes you think #supernatural #whatever this is #s1 #phantom traveler #s4 #death takes a holiday #the monster at the end of this book #s6 #all dogs go to heaven #*

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

Hello. Go forth and spend some time thinking about Bruce reading The Monster At The End Of This Book to Dick, complete with Grover voice. Because there is no way that Alfred didn't do the voice when he read it to Bruce when he was little.

You're welcome.

#batfamily #batdad #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #dick grayson #nightwing #the monster at the end of this book #sesame street #grover

[locke-esque-monster]

There are many things I love about SPN's 4x18 "The Monster at the end of this Book".

But the Chuck of it all is fascinating in retrospect. Now to be fair, I haven't finished the show yet, but I know about the God reveal. And I know that there's some debate over if Chuck was ever Chuck, or if he was always God.

I would love for Chuck to be goofy, anxious human Chuck. But I've doubted it before, and re-watching it today just reinforced that.

Here's what this episode looks like if you consider Chuck might already be god:

Because if Chuck's himself, how does he not recognize Sam & Dean from his visions? From the choppy bits we see, I know his publisher is there, so he can see people.

The case at the start of the episode with the comic book store is dropped with no explanation or reference to again. That says to me someone with questionable writing skills used that as a lazy plot device to get our characters here to meet Chuck. Who would do that but Chuck?

He has no recollection of the story he was writing until the characters ask what he's working on. Weird when he was just writing it before they arrived. Maybe understandable with the drinking/headaches. But the way he remembers only when asked, seems more like he's only giving out information when the story calls for it (think a questionable mentor type, like Dumbledore).

He says to Dean when he shows up at the end to kidnap him that he didn't write this. But if that's the case, how was the tryst with Lilith and Sam supposed to end? Bad writing for the show? Or is Chuck surprised Dean broke out of his plot and isn't expanding on details because he thinks he can steer Dean back on course? (Sidebar - I think Lilith's deal was legit, at least from her end. It'd end the apocalypse if Sam & Dean were dead, especially with no confirmed descendants. I just don't think God would allow that to play out.)

If Chuck is god, he takes a chance to throw it out to them that he is powerful so they dismiss it (hoping they won't call his bluff). And then when they do, he's confident enough they bought it to take the chance apologize to them for what he put them through. Sam's trying to make it something he's seen, like psychic abilities, and Dean's playing down the trauma/injuries are probably exactly how Chuck knew they'd react.

The wording of Sam's "wish to god I could stop" conversation with god, and Chuck saying he's still doing it is too uncanny. He's literally wishing in front of god for help, and god is putting it back on him that he's not really stopping, nor does he want to.

Then Chuck in that whole conversation with Sam. He's different in this scene than any other this episode. He doesn't play up his fears or anxiety like he does with Dean, he acts like a writer who not only knows the story, he KNOWS where it's going and is trying to steer Sam a certain way without looking like it or saying too much. His responses are very deliberately worded. It reminds me of Ben Linus manipulating people in Lost.

He says to Sam "I know it's a terrible burden - feeling that it all rests upon your shoulders." How would Chuck know that without the responsibility of God?

He has an answer for Dean and a loophole to get out of going with him - the archangel. But Dean calls his bluff. Basically, if Dean shoots him, either Dean will get killed by an archangel as a threat, ruining his story. Or he gets the shot off and Chuck survives, revealing he's not just Chuck. Chuck had to let his story be ruined tonight to allow the rest to play out (lose the battle to win the war).

To jump off that last point, this episode also acts as a thesis statement for how each character looks at destiny and how Chuck reacts to them.

Sam's the "smart one" - but he's liable to think he knows better and fall into exactly the trap Chuck sets for him. Sam is out to break the system in a big way - Chuck can see it, and stop it.

Cas's rebellious streak always wins out. If his friendship with Dean is on the line, he'll find a way to fall out of line with Chuck's plan in ways Chuck could have never imagined.

Dean's stubbornness with authority, including destiny, knows no bounds. He'll fight and get creative. Dean knows better than anyone how to find a loophole with a strict father. These little rebellions are harder for Chuck to see and correct. And with Dean's persistence and creativity, those little rebellions add up to messing up the plan. This is both how this episode goes, and the apocalypse arch as a whole. Chuck thinks he can outsmart Dean, but in a way, Dean's less predictable than Sam even if it doesn't outright seem like it. So Chuck fails to do stop every time. And a couple of times is all Dean needs.

I want to be wrong. I want Chuck to be like Anna maybe, unaware of of his abilities and knowledge and it's leaking through as maybe a vessel of god. Or even that god is writing Chuck this way for the purposes of the story, as his stand-in.

Unfortunately, I'm not so sure. And let's consider a comment I've heard made on the episode before. The episode title arguably isn't just a funny reference, it's a guide to the show - much like Chuck's writing. The "book", or episode, ends with Chuck, much like the last big villain in season 15 is Chuck. So he's the "monster at the end of this book" all along. It's a better fit if Chuck is god.

#chuck shurley #castiel #dean winchester #sam winchester #lilith #spn #supernatural #spn 4x18 #the monster at the end of this book

[thebeautyofspn]

4x18 The Monster At The End Of This Book

#4x18 #the monster at the end of this book #thebeautyofspn #supernatural #spn #supernatural aesthetic #spn aesthetic #dean winchester #sam winchester #the winchester brothers #winchesters #anti possession tattoo #season 4 #symbols & sigils

[littlebluejaydraws]

Cas + Faith Season 4 summary

ID: Six digital drawings of Cas from season 4 of Supernatural. Each drawing shows Cas' head within a circle, with a quote around the outside. The first drawing is from 4x07 with the quote "I am not a hammer. I have questions. I have doubts.". The second and third are from 4x16 with the quotes "I'm considering disobedience." and "You can't win, Uriel. I still serve Gd." respectively. The fourth is from 4x18 with the quote "What the prophet has written can't be unwritten.". The fifth is from 4x20 with the quote "I serve heaven. I don't serve man.". The sixth and final is from 4x22 with the quote "We're making it up as we go.". End ID.

#cas #castiel #supernatural #spn #CasFaithSeries #spn 4x07 #it's the great pumpkin sam winchester #spn 4x16 #on the head of a pin #spn 4x18 #the monster at the end of this book #spn 4x20 #the rapture #spn 4x22 #lucifer rising #chuck shurley

[livingfandomly]

I. Have. Tears. Running. Down. My. Face. Because. Of. The. Laughter.

They literally made a joke of us y’all…

#supernatural #dean winchester #sam winchester #finally watching supernatural #the winchester brothers #the winchesters #sam and dean #the monster at the end of this book

[gameraboy2]

The Monster at the End of this Book (1971)

#The Monster at the End of this Book #1971 #1970s #vintage #grover #art #illustration #the muppets #muppets #sesame street

[shirtlesssammy]

Castiel every day so often -- 9/139

Supernatural 4x18//The Monster at the End of this Book

#castiel #cas #casedit #spn #supernatural #spnedit #castielseries #spn 4x18 #the monster at the end of this book

[horrorcrypt12]

Now Watching:

Supernatural

S4.E18 "The Monster at the End of This Book"

"An author has been writing books about Sam and Dean since 2005. Sam and Dean try to figure out how he knows so much about them"

Happy Halloween!

#supernatural #sam winchester #dean winchester #the monster at the end of this book #winchester bros #books #reading #horror #halloween #spooky season #fall #autumn #mystery

[hurricanejane]

Supernatural is so wild for the meta book series. Like one could argue some people like wincest just because the actors portraying the brothers are hot and it would be hot to see them together. And the show went okay but so actually we're going to create a completely text based series and not have these two hotties drive the wincest. Instead!!!! They're acknowledging wincesties would still exist in abundance based on the text alone. Yeah they're making fun but also how did that many "Sam slash Dean" people happen if there wasn't the text to read into? The text that the writers wrote. For the show. Aka the way they are so codependent and needy and subtextually homoerotic is already written into the story and easy to read as incest. Like THEY did that! They removed one of the driving forces of the wincest and basically said nah we write them that way.

#beckycore #beckycoded #the monster at the end of this book #4x18 #5x01 #sympathy for the devil #meta #samdean #wincest #i am probably not the first person to point this out

[alaynestone]

4.18 15.05

#spnedit #deanedit #deanchuck #dean x chuck #spn gets to ask questions no other show has such as #what if god personally enjoyed your rape? #supernatural #house afraid to be alone #you left part of yourself back in the pit #s4 #the monster at the end of this book #s15 #proverbs 17:3 #* #if the s15 gifs look like garbage that's 'cause they're s15 gifs and i'm not spending more time on them

[ihavedeclaredwaronthemoonxx]

no one hates supernatural fans more than the supernatural writers. they broke the fourth wall just so that they could dedicate multiple episodes to shitting on their own fans.

#they hate their own characters too though #how many times do you think they had to beg misha collins to come back #supernatural #castiel #dean winchester #sam winchester #misha collins #the french mistake #time for a wedding #ghostfacers #the monster at the end of this book #sympathy for the devil #the real ghostbusters #fan fiction