Lizardviking wrote...
doozer12 wrote...
Also: Apologies in advance but...what would a synthesis ending do to a possibly pregnant liara?
*frowns* food for thought. No need for discussion really.
The whole idea of synthesis is just so wrong.
People who are different can never get along, we must make everyone the same. 
I'll just stick with control and destroy.
The idea of synthesis is plain stupid, and that's besides the obvious problem of how by the goddess it's even supposed to work; I mean, a wave of energy just replaces the dna of every living thing in the galaxy, along with all the biochemical machinery that makes dna work at all in the first place... I hate the expression, but there's just no other way to describe it other than space magic.
But as I said, beside this obvious (and huge) problem, there's the issue of what does it even achieve? It either does absolutely nothing to break the cycle or it drastically alters the mind of every single sentient being in the galaxy (to what extent, goddess only knows). Since synthesis presumably does break the cycle (or so the Catalyst ****** claims), I can only assume that means lobotomies for everyone...

doozer12 wrote...
even control I find a wee bit questionable (although more tolerable then synthesis, im strongly against making my shepard into a martyr/god and seperating myself (the player) even further from my Human Shepard (which i found ME3 did from the start of the game) with naive "I can save everyone at teh cost of myself" logic), i mean what chance does a human mind have against centuries old Reaperized Synthetic/A.I ones. Whose to say that in 10 years Shepard's concsiouness and logic and ability to control isn't comrpromised/swayed by a mathematical error in coding or something or he develops a case of...stockholm syndrome and continues the cycles?
That and teh whole catalysts "You will die" comment... the whole "if your dead how can you control" argument.
but this is all OT and has been talked about before im sure, no need for discussion really. Just thinkin' aloud.
Besides the question of whether control of the Reapers is even possible and for how long, my main issue with Control is that I can only see an indoctrinated Shepard choosing it. And I'm not even talking within the context of IT but in general.
I mean, just minutes before, Shep was convincing TIM that the ONLY reason he thinks he can control the Reapers is because he's been indoctrinated, his actions subverted to serve and help the Reapers' agenda. And before that we heard Vendetta tell practically the same story, their own efforts with the Crucible were foiled by indoctrinated traitors in their own ranks who were also convinced that Reapers could be controlled.
So I think a Shepard that is still in control of her mental faculties would be able to recognise the pattern - everyone that has tried to control the Reapers was lead to the belief that they could do it by the Reapers themselves, through indoctrination. All kinds of bells should have gone off in her head when the little translucent ****** presented her with the option for Control, even more so when he even acknowledged that TIM couldn't control the Reapers because he was already controlled by them. But you Shepard, you're different, honest, you really could control us, because you're not indoctrinated; really, you're not, trust us. Ehm, yeah right, how stupid does he think Shepard is...