Sorry about this, but for the few people who've patiently responded about the Indoc theory, I have one more question.
Shepard can only survive if you have enough EMS and pick the Destroy option right? Can anyone confirm this? Is it possible for Shepard to live after choosing Control or Synthesis? If not, that makes absolutely no sense.
For the Destroy option, the Starchild makes a point of saying Shepard is partly synthetic. Most of ME2's beginning sequence is your body being rebuilt by Cerberus. I understand we are all about space magic now... but shouldn't Destroy be the one ending where Shepard can't possibly survive?
And because Shepard does survive, either she's a vegetable (remember the
brain damage info from the Cerberus base) or the Starchild... was lying.
Or the ending was ridiculously rushed.