I had an epiphany moment,
please correct me if this has already been posted.
I fully believe that it is a hallucination, because of
the Child. Shown in three points:
Point one:
In the game we are flat out told that the Catalyst is the Citadel,
In the game we are flat out told that the Citadel was built by the Reapers
In the game the Catalyst is shown to us as the Child.
If A equals B equals C
Then its safe to assume that the Child is built/made by the Reapers
This is important because THE CHILD IS IN SHEPARD'S HEAD
If the Child was an image made by the Reapers then the Reapers would be inside his head too with the Child.
Specifically the Child is in his dreams and it is noted that Shepard is the only person who interacts with the Child.
Point Two:
Dreams seen in order 1, 2, 3:
here,
here and
here respectively
Look at dream number three, listen to the voices
They are the voices of Shepard's dead friends and allies
This is important, because in the indoctrination process the Reapers use this tactic to convince people to believe them. More specifically in Greyson's indoctrination in the book, the Reapers used his memories of Sanders to manipulate him. In the books Greyson and Kaylee Sanders had an antagonistic relationship in Ascension, and a benign relationship in Retribution. But when Greyson tried to commit suicide in Retribution, the Reaper's flooded his mind with memories and hormones to convince him that he was in love with Sanders. If we extrapolate from that event in Retribution, then using Shepard's dead friends in his dreams is not that much of a stretch in ME3.
Point Three:
Why is the God Child there in the first place?
If no one else in the game sees the Child on Earth, how would anyone other than Shepard know what the Child looks like? If the Catalyst/Citadel shows itself to Shepard in any form what so ever, why choose that one? Why not Harbinger or one of Shepard's dead or living allies?
In order to get what the Child looks like from Shepard, the Citadel/Catalyst would have to look into Shepard's memories in order to conjure up that specific Image. And if they had too look into his memories, see point 2, then they would be already inside his head.
For me, it's the Child, a Reaper construct, that makes the indoctrination arguement hold together.
edit'd for clarity
Modifié par seventh_sorrow, 13 mars 2012 - 05:53 .