History Fridge / Preacher

* God and Cassidy are NotSoDifferent: pretty much two peas in a pod when you get down to it. Both are powerful, immortal beings, selfish and ultimately insecure, recklessly indulging their desires and impulses with little care for the ruined lives left in their wake. Both prey on people. Both are defined by a need to make others love them, and will often respond with anger, scheming, subtle manipulation and outright violence to get their way. This parallel characterization of Proinsias Cassidy and God Almighty is subtly lampshaded in Cassidy's final letter to Jesse Custer, where he attests that perhaps the ultimate goal of Jesse's quest wasn't to find God, but to save Cassidy. This theory, as well as the notion of the fundamental similarity of God and Cassidy, seems to be borne out, as [[spoiler: Jesse is ultimately able to help his friend redeem himself and survive, but helps set up the irredeemable and totally unrepentant God Almighty for his just and final retribution at the hands of the Saint of Killers. Because he finally owns up to what he's done and who he is, and genuinely seeks atonement, Cassidy learns his lesson and the Preacher is thus able to covert and save him, but God, who at no point shows remorse or even the slightest doubt of the righteousness of his actions, dies because He does not.]]

FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the series, [[spoiler: Starr kills Hoover and Featherstone]] in a seemingly [[DroppedABridgeOnHim tragic and pointless scene...]]except that if you think about it, they were the only people who could have [[spoiler: started the Grail up again.]] They ''had'' to die.

God and Cassidy are NotSoDifferent: pretty much two peas in a pod when you get down to it. Both are powerful, immortal beings, selfish and ultimately insecure, recklessly indulging their desires and impulses with little care for the ruined lives left in their wake. Both prey on people. Both are defined by a need to make others love them, and will often respond with anger, scheming, subtle manipulation and outright violence to get their way. This parallel characterization of Proinsias Cassidy and God Almighty is subtly lampshaded in Cassidy's final letter to Jesse Custer, where he attests that perhaps the ultimate goal of Jesse's quest wasn't to find God, but to save Cassidy. This theory, as well as the notion of the fundamental similarity of God and Cassidy, seems to be borne out, as [[spoiler: Jesse is ultimately able to help his friend redeem himself and survive, but helps set up the irredeemable and totally unrepentant God Almighty for his just and final retribution at the hands of the Saint of Killers. Because he finally owns up to what he's done and who he is, and genuinely seeks atonement, Cassidy learns his lesson and the Preacher is thus able to covert and save him, but God, who at no point shows remorse or even the slightest doubt of the righteousness of his actions, dies because He does not.]]

The old wino, [[spoiler: who turns out to be Cassidy's formerly beautiful blonde friend Sally]], was by all indications a smart, savvy woman with a good (and gorgeous) head on her shoulders. She was sharp enough to see Cassidy for what he was right away, and strong-willed enough not to fall for his bullshit, unlike just about everyone else in this narrative. One has to wonder what horrific tragedies and catastrophic downturns she suffered to turn her into the sickly, decrepit shell of a human being she is when we first meet her.

God and Cassidy are NotSoDifferent: pretty much two peas in a pod when you get down to it. Both are powerful, immortal beings, selfish and ultimately insecure, recklessly indulging their desires and impulses with little care for the ruined lives left in their wake. Both are defined by a need to make others love them, and will often respond with anger, scheming, subtle manipulation and outright violence to get their way. This parallel characterization of Proinsias Cassidy and God Almighty is subtly lampshaded in Cassidy's final letter to Jesse Custer, where he attests that perhaps the ultimate goal of Jesse's quest wasn't to find God, but to save Cassidy. This theory, as well as the notion of the fundamental similarity of God and Cassidy, seems to be borne out, as [[spoiler: Jesse is ultimately able to help his friend redeem himself and survive, but helps set up the irredeemable and totally unrepentant God Almighty for his just and final retribution at the hands of the Saint of Killers. Because he finally owns up to what he's done and who he is, and genuinely seeks atonement, Cassidy learns his lesson and the Preacher is thus able to covert and save him, but God, who at no point shows remorse or even the slightest doubt of the righteousness of his actions, dies because He does not.]]

God and Cassidy are NotSoDifferent: pretty much two peas in a pod when you get down to it. Both are powerful, immortal beings, selfish and ultimately insecure, recklessly indulging their desires and impulses with little care for the ruined lives left in their wake. Both are defined by a need to make others love them, and will often respond with anger, scheming, subtle manipulation and outright violence to get their way. This parallel characterization of Proinsias Cassidy and God Almighty is subtly lampshaded in Cassidy's final letter to Jesse Custer, where he attests that perhaps the ultimate goal of Jesse's quest wasn't to find God, but to save Cassidy. This theory, supporting the notion of similarity of God and Cassidy, seems to be borne out, as [[ spoiler: Jesse is ultimately able to help his friend redeem himself and survive, but helps set up the irredeemable and totally unrepentant God Almighty for his just and final retribution at the hands of the Saint of Killers. Because he finally owns up to what he's done and who he is, and genuinely seeks atonement, Cassidy learns his lesson and the Preacher is thus able to covert and save him, but God, who at no point shows remorse or even the slightest doubt of the righteousness of his actions, dies because He does not.]]

** Just look at his behavior in his special and that alone was a major warning sign.

* At first, fans thought the revelations of Cassidy [[spoiler: being a brutal, selfish monster]] was a complete 180 on the character. But looking back, it was all obvious, he was always this way and just hit it under the veneer of a loveable rogue.

FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the series, [[spoiler: Starr kills Hoover and Featherstone]] in a seemingly [[DroppedABridgeOnHim tragic and pointless scene...]]except that if you think about it, they were the only people who could have [[spoiler: started the Grail up again.]] They ''had'' to die.

FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the series, [[spoiler: Starr kills Hoover and Featherstone]] in a seemingly [[DroppedABrdigeOnHim tragic and pointless scene...]]except that if you think about it, they were the only people who could have [[spoiler: started the Grail up again.]] They ''had'' to die.