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So apparently Full Reaper Control does not equal Indoctrination. That's just plain silly. How else do Reapers assume direct control?
I guess the Devil was "ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL" of those Collectors and was calling himself Harbinger. Silly me, thinking the Reapers could do that...
We know from the lore that indoctrination takes a long time and does not occur instantly. Harbringer is able to take control of individual collectors immediately.
Moreover, the collectors were made specifically for the reapers' uses. Otherwise Harbringer would have just "assumed direct control" over you and each of your squadmates until you all just killed each other off.
Come on, guys...
The implementation of Reaper Tech is what made the "total control" of the Collectors and Saren possible (and I would argue, is the Reason why the Reapers are capable of controlling TIM in the end - his indoctrination did not occur when he first encountered the Reaper Artifact on Shanxi, but rather when he chose to implant himself with Reaper Tech).
If we are arguing this from the IT point of view, the entire ending is Shepard resisting the attempt to indoctrinate. All the Reapers need is for him to make the conscious (or subconscious) decision to allow the Reapers into his mind. (I like here that one of TIM's lines is "I need you to believe!"). This does not mean that the Reapers are now capable of controlling Shepards' body, but he/she will now no longer be able to resist the suggestions that they make.
I see. And where exactly in the lore does it say that Indoctrination induces hallucinations?
Directly in the codex for Indoctrination
Sorry, gonna have to get a link or a screencap, because I don't remember that at all.
Even if it were the case, I still don't believe that Bioware has just been sitting on it this whole time and has chosen not to release it despite the downpour of negative backlash. Even if your theory made sense thematically (it doesn't), it definitely doesn't make sense strategically on Bioware's part.
If IT were true, we would have heard about it by now.
That being said, I'd like to extend a single question to all the straw-graspers out there...if the EC comes out and presents the endings at face value without confirming IT, will you finally concede that it was just an elaborate coping mechanism for a poorly-written ending? Or will you insist that IT is still true and that Bioware will be confirming it with their next DLC? I'm honestly curious and have not been able to get an answer out of IT cultists anywhere I've asked.
tl;dr: If EC comes out and does not reveal IT to be true, what comes next?
I'll post it agein...
http://masseffect.wi...#Indoctrination
Organics undergoing indoctrination may complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. As time passes, they have feelings of "being watched" and hallucinations of "ghostly" presences. Ultimately, the Reaper gains the ability to use the victim's body to amplify its signals, manifesting as "alien" voices in the mind.
Ok, good - let's break this down.
1. They complain of headaches and buzzing or ringing in their ears. When has Shepard ever complained about either of these symptoms?
2. Has Shepard ever expressed to anyone - in the entire trilogy - that he feels like he's being watched?
3. Hallucinations of "ghostly presences" =\\= hallucinations of intricate, highly-detailed conversations, followed by intricate set-pieces, space battles, the normandy crashing on an unknown planet, and a galaxy-wide event.





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