TJBartlemus wrote...
Sero303 wrote...
Whenever there is 'chaos' on my computer I can choose between:
"CTRL" "DSTRY" OR "SYNTS"
CTRL=control
ALT= alter/synthesis
DEL= destroy
Hmmmm..... 

...Well, I'll never be able to start Task Manager without thinking this. Thanks

Arian Dynas wrote...
Really, the literal ending just has a
number of things that are quite simply CLEARLY intentional (since the
require more programming to do) that from the sound of it are still
there.
A literal ending has to explain the purpose of the dreams,
why the child can seemingly teleport,
why the garden disappears after the scene,
how the kid can move so damn fast from one location to another,
the scream you can hear when the music is turned off during the kid's death scene,
Why it is Shepard is NOT indoctrinated,
The Starchild's circular logic
Why it is that we do a complete 180 on the themes in the last 5 minutes,
Why two of the endings align so perfectly with the motivations of Saren and The Illusive Man,
Why the gun morphs in the Destroy ending, as well as why the sound changes,
The reasons for the presence of infrasound,
Why Harbinger didn't blow the Normandy out of the sky,
How the Normandy crew knows Anderson is dead, yet has no confirmation on Shepard,
Why the Starchild's voice changes in "Reject"
Why the Starchild TOOK the shape of a child to begin with, and how,
Why Harbinger seemed to completely lose interest in Shepard in this game since the last one,
What was the point of The Arrival if they don't make use of the info about Mass Relays blowing up,
Why Object Rho did nothing to indoctrinate Shepard, even though it IS canon,
Why the Indoctrination subplot was abandoned and never picked up (supposedly according to Final Hours)
Why Shepard starts bleeding after Anderson dies,
Why The Illusive Man has gone from "I don't need you" to "I need you badly."
In a literal ending, my best guess is...
The dreams really are just a poor attempt at PTSD.
They somewhat explained
some of the circular logic.
Harbinger left the Normandy because plot armour?
Perhaps Hackett heard the last conversation with Anderson.
Starchild wanted a form familiar to Shepard (which works both for IT and literally).
Harbinger doesn't lose interest, it just has more important things to do. He's supposedly a leader of sorts.
Is Shepard still bleeding during the EC? I must've missed more than I thought...
Everything else, your guess is as good as mine. It all supports IT, for sure.