It wasn’t exactly Michael asking Cas ‘’What do you want?’’ but it wasn’t far off it
And in true Cas fashion, he evaded the question by pulling the old ‘’Let me answer your question with another question thing
(they really were having a diva off in this scene)
Michael had no compunctions with revealing his motivations, and I’m really glad Cas was the one he got to have this conversation with. I was a little worried they were going to leave the “God” of it all in the subtext, but they didn’t. Apocalypse world is what happened after the prize fight went off without a hitch, played out exactly how it should and yet still nothing happened. The dutiful son carried out his father’s wishes as instructed and it still wasn’t enough. And instead of accepting that and moving on, Michael couldn’t let go.
This has all been for Him, to get His attention and to find Him. Lucifer, Metatron, Raphael, they all went to extremes to try to get God’s attention. So did Cas in fact. When he became God, or what he thought was God, he came face to face with Death who criticised him for his stupidity. Cas’ response?
‘’Why? Because I dared open a door that he shut? Where is he? I did a service, taking his place.’’
Cas and Metatron tried to become God, Cas because he didn’t return and Metatron so that he would return. Raphael and AU Michael did what he asked, tried to abide by his plan, so that he would return. And Lucifer…he realised that God wasn’t going to return. That he lied and would do anything to get what he wanted, only to leave and ditch them the second he could.
Chuck has a lot to answer for and I doubt he has any intention in answering those questions. Michael’s determination to find God is interesting, as it’s the first time any of the angels have mentioned what they want to do when they find him. With the rest of them it was always, “we’ll find God and he’ll fix everything”, it was the “where is he?” that was as far as their plans would go. Lucifer wanted to ‘’smash Daddy’s already broken toys’’ similar to how AU Michael wanted to “burn every one of his little worlds”
But that’s not where it ends for angel who’s looking for God this time. He’s got a different endgame in mind:
It’s also interesting that they textually brought up the God as a terrible father parallel, just before the return of John Winchester, and again interesting that Cas was the one to hear Michael’s tirade about how terrible their father was. It’s just yet another reminder about how closely Cas and Dean’s arcs and experiences parallel each other’s and how they often understand each other on such a deep level. It’s just…interesting.
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