You know, the minority,the 1% that like the false advertising ending of this series often call it the "adult ending" because, well, it sucked and Shepard dies along with everyone else (best case...they ALL die, just not immediately). I was thinking...in ALL of human history I cannot think of a single case of an "adult ending" to gain anything worthwhile in a similar vein.
Hell, let's go with "modern" history shall we? US revolutionary war. A number of heroes literally signed their own death warrants by placing their names on the Declaration of Independence. THE world's uncontested superpower at the time, Britain, had every signatory on its short list for execution for treason. Surely they died tragically to secure the win? Surely they ended in adult fashion, all dead? Nope, not a single one swung from a rope. Not a one. OK, how about the military side? General George Washington, heart and soul of the rebellion, beloved and trusted. THE lynchpin for the colonist's side. THE leader at the tippy top. THE single person who was key to victory or defeat. Surely HE had the decency to die tragically, along with MOST of the rebels and colonists backing them to secure independence from tyranny? Surely. Ah hell, no he didn't. Not a single solitary lynchpin key figure who was at the core of a victory, upon who's shoulders lay the difference between victory or defeat did the adult thing and died tragically. That damn childish Washington went on to serve 2 terms as President and then, heroically AGAIN, refused to allow the people to anoint him King or, at the very least, President for Life. Bastard refused and had the audacity to die of old age! What a childish ending!
Ok, Ok...how about something bigger...hmmmm...WWII. There we go, HUGE fight between "good" and "evil". Darkness and light. Democracy and freedom™ vs dictatorship and death. Let's see, the good guys ultimately won after a long bloody fight so they MUST have had an adult ending by having MOST of the Allies' people dying, most of the soldiers dying, but most of all, the LEADERS and KEY persons in charge of gaining victory had to die. DAMNIT! Not a single one of them were adults and DIED. Hell's bells, the allies turned out pretty well, all told. Yeah, many many thousands died but not a single one of those deaths was a key figure upon who's shoulders victory depended (and required their death). Not a one. ****. Are there NO adult endings in all the great struggles in history? Must they ALL end without tragedy at their core? Oh wait, there are those who were key figures fighting tooth-and-nail to the ultimate degree to secure their dream and victory...they were ALL the leaders of the LOSERS.
There you have it. The only adults in all of human history of conflict are the losers who have the decency to do MOST of the dying and who's leader, lynchpin, key to any possible victory actually is adult enough to die tragically. Let's see...Hitler shot his brains out and Mussolini was hung by his own angry people.
Hmmm. Let's go more modern. Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam. Little guy fighting the big guy (France) and then later the HUGE guy (USA, one of two world superpowers). Hopeless fight against impossible odds. They HAD to lose. HAD to...but wait, they WON. They fought for YEARS and struggled for YEARS all under the guidance and inspiration of a key lynchpin named Ho Chi Minh. They won...surely Ho Chi Minh, under the circumstances, had to die a heroic and tragic death to secure this adult ending? No. He survived quite nicely thank you, and so did virtually all his generals and key military leaders (the lynchpins).
OK, how about India. Another country backwater fighting against THE world superpower Britain. Led primarily by a diminuitive little skinny geeky guy named Gandhi. YEARS of fighting and struggle and death MUST have ended in an adult fashion with Gandhi tragically killed but independence won (though with most of the Indian population dead too!). CRAP! Again? Another childish ending? Are you SERIOUS?! Gandhi and MOST Indians lived to enjoy the victory? Not a single solitary person who was at the heart of the fight, a major key player, was adult enough to die heroically and tragically?
I look and look and all I see is an archetype of an "adult" ending but, in fact, that ending never happens and is, therefore, not really "adult" because life itself IS adult as it is.
Now, this whole post is pretty extreme, I admit, given we are talking about a (now dead) game. What I am going against here however is the ridiculous-on-its-face nonsense that the "adult" ending is one where the hero/key/lynchpin who is key to a "good" ending must die tragically and heroically. Never in all of history has this been the case. What you refer to as adult is the ending seen by the LOSERS. Therefore, the ending of ME3 in its 3 colors is actually just 3 ways to lose the game. All stick, no carrot. The game is unwinnable (ala "War Games"...the only way to win is not to play at all). So THERE you have the adult thing. Don't play the game at all, don't spend money on it (spend it on feeding African starving babies). Is that what Bioware is telling us?
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Bioware has done the final reveal and taken off their mask to show that they are indeed just soulless EA underneath after all of these years.
What a wonderful world. Devoid of passion and entertainment - where we are ants and all memebrs of the greens party.
