carilynn46 wrote...
But lets say you think control is the best way to go so you side with TIM and so he deals with the reaper weapon and choice to control them.
I want to say something about the control ending also, I've been defending merge against the people who are arguing that anything but destroy is an ending in which Shepard ends up indoctrinated. The kid, and Javik, and Vendetta, all make the point there's someone like TIM in every cycle. Someone who wants to try to control the Reapers rather than destroy them, and ends up Indoctrinated and betraying their own people. The important part there is, control the Reapers
to what end.
TIM, and others like him in previous cycles, wanted to
use the Reapers for their own ends and nefarious purposes. They wanted to benefit from the Reapers in one way or another, and in doing so regardless of method or intent they keep the Reapers around and end up Indoctrinated nevertheless. And in the control ending, that's what separates Shepard from would-be controllers in previous cycles: Shepard doesn't want to
use the Reapers or to
dominate them; Shepard gives the Reapers a singular command, and that is to leave for dark space and never return.
If indeed the purpose was to Indoctrinate Shepard, or if the control ending was in fact a means to do so, would Shepard not emulate TIM's goals and methods rather than just order the Reapers to leave? That is clearly not what Shepard does in the end, and for that reason you can make the argument that even in control Shepard retains his own will, personality and goals even if his methods come close to those employed by TIM and others like him in previous cycles.
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