Red was actually the option I least considered. The Geth and EDI were concrete proof that organics and synthetics could co-exists together peacefully. I wasn't about to betray and destroy them when there were other options to consider.
Blue was an interesting option, but giving Shepard - or ANY being for that matter - that much power and control over the Repears just didn't sit well with me. My Shepard was a righteous individual, but he wasn't perfect. Nobody is. And ultimate power has a tendency to corrupt. My Shepard did not want to risk having that much power corrupt him, so I didn't really like blue.
Green seemed like the perfect "everyone mostly wins" situation. At least more so than the other two. Shepard figured he was going to die regardless, so might as well take the option that does not sacrifice the Geth or synthetics like EDI, got rid of the Repears, and allowed him to finally rest in peace (as opposed to being some embodied immortal entity that controlled a destructive race). It's not by any means a "perfect" option, but for me at least, it was the best option for the entire galaxy as a whole.
And for me (my personal opinion), just because Shepard
could survive the red option did not make it the "best" option. Shepard's survival should not be taken into account to what's best for the galaxy as a whole. This is probably the reason why the Repears kept saying that organic life could not understand the reasons they were doing what they were doing. Organic life's most primal instinct is survival. It's core motivation is to do whatever it takes to continue living. So some being telling us that thousands of lives need to be destoryed every 50,000 years for the good of the galaxy is ludicrous to us. We don't want to hear that we should stop living, even if there is a possiblity that the galaxy overall may be better for it. Organic life is - to put it very bluntly - selfish in that way. Now, whether or not the Reaper cycle
actually was best for the galaxy is certainly up for debate. I am in no way condoning the Reapers' actions and methods. I'm just trying to point out why I believe Red is a popular choice. Anything that tells us we should stop living are automatically the "bad guys" and should be destroyed without question, and that's just the nature of the self-preservation instinct of organic life as a whole. That's why we're never meant to understand.
Modifié par harktag, 26 avril 2012 - 05:09 .