User blog comment:KillRoy231/What Dean should have done about the Mark/@comment-1031724-20160921044542

Obviously the reason they didn't have Death transfer it from Dean to Rowena or a Leviathan was to keep dragging the show on and torturing Sam and Dean, and in the process kill a fan favorite character in an even cheaper way so we can know never to expect him in future episodes. There was the hope that he faked his death, but the second episode confirms he is dead.

Like, I know I've said this before, but seriously? He gives Dean the one weapon that can kill him and tells him to kill his brother with it, because he knows Sam will risk the Darkness destroying the world to get Dean back? So therefore, shouldn't he know that Dean would likely back down at the last second and avoid killing Sam, especially with his "Do it or I will" implying he won't let him back down? Did he have a deathwish or what? (and I wasn't trying to be funny by saying that)