Asharad Hett wrote...
1. You show the balance of characters who would chose were predisposed to choose destroy, control, or synthesis. Only villians choose control or synthesis, and they were indoctrinated.
As some people who disagreed with me here were quick to point out, I can't claim to know for sure what everyone would choose if they were standing in the Catalyst's chamber based solely on the given quotes. While I find it
extremely unlikely that, say, Garrus would suddenly decide adopting TIM's views is a good idea when presented with the same options, it is nevertheless a possibility we must consider. Of course, it works both ways - if you're allowing an unlikely possibility of Garrus changing his mind, you can't ignore the possibility of Saren changing his mind. Saren accepted the Reapers' evolutional superiority in ME1 because he did not see any other way of surviving them, and if he was presented with an instant-Destroy-all-Reapers button at the time (and if we forget about him being indoctrinated for a moment), it's possible he would have chosen to use it.
Other significant reasons for the starting build-up sequence of quotes:
- It serves as a reminder that the Child - a character introduced in the final scene of the game, a character with
~15 lines of dialog - is what ultimately changes (or attempts to change) people's minds and sways them to pick Control or Synthesis. Up until that final scene, Shepard's goal is set firmly - he must get rid of the Reapers once and for all. All attempts of TIM to suggest Control as an option throughout ME3 had been consistenly rebuked by Shepard until he got blasted by the Harbinger (Thessia dialog between them is very telling here, I now regret not using those quotes).
- It encourages the viewer to consider the ending from a writer's perspective. All spoken dialog in the game does not exist in a vacuum, it was written by one of the writers and then went through a peer review process before being finalized and implemented in the game. It therefore seems to me extremely unlikely that Synthesis and Control were considered as real *good* choices for Shepard by the writing team - otherwise, someone would notice the fact that voices in player's crew work to guide him towards Destroy, while only villains - including Saren from ME1, Harbinger from ME2 ("Evolution cannot be stopped", "We are your genetic destiny") and Kai Leng from ME3 ever mention "evolution" as a preferable solution to the Reaper problem.
- Most important reason, though, is the one you mentioned - everyone who openly speaks for Control and Synthesis were indoctrinated. This is a very significant thing to note, because it makes it irrefutable that Control and Synthesis are ideas promoted
by the Reapers all along.
Asharad Hett wrote...
2. You show the insanity of TIM, his anger, and how dilusional control is.
3. You show how the heroes (Cerberus and Alliance) are fighting each other, doing exactly what the reapers want.
One of the more subtle but important goals of the "Shepard vs TIM" sequence is to prepare the viewer for the upcoming explanation of the idea behind Control. This idea - willing use of Reaper technology to build one's future - is first introduced in the series by Legion, who tells us during ME2 how "The Old Machines" offered the "gifts" of their technology to the Geth and the Heretics. The same idea is voiced by TIM at the conclusion of ME2 when arguing for preserving the Collector Base, for using the enemy's technology against him. Note that at one point during the argument he even uses the same word, "gift": "This base is a gift. We can't just destroy it!". He continues to elaborate on the same idea throughout ME3, culminating with his words: "...and the Reapers will do the same for us again, a thousandfold!" mere moments before Shepard faces the Choice.
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