The more I reflect on these option the more I find one to be the lesser of the evils presented given the circumstances. I'm finding Control leaves me with the least amount of guilt, which got me thinking: if the circumstances were changed would I even consider all the options presented?
Say hypothetically that Destroy killed only Reapers. In that case I would blow them to hell without a second thought, since the other two options hold no appeal to me whatsoever, as I imagine many others would as well. But I find that even under these circumstances some people would undoubtably still choose Control since it presents a different appeal. If you want humanity to be a dominant force in the galaxy or just find have that much power under at your command irresistible than sure that is still a vaild option if that is your goal.
I could not find a reason for synthesis to be appealing on it's own. It seems a means to an end and nothing more.
This has led me to conclude that maybe the ending would have been better of if synthesis wasn't present leaving only control and Destory as options and the synthetics vs organics theme was dropped and replaced with a theme relating to humanity's role and place in the galaxy (a theme which would tie in nicely to ME1 I think) and maybe ask if power always corrupts which might tie in better with TIM's story arc. Both themes also work in terms of a paragon or renegade for shepards story I think.
I could always be wrong though, so the questions I pose to you dear readers are:
Do you find aspects of Synthesis to be appealing on it own? If so what are they?
If not would something along these lines ,ironically giving us even less options, have made a better ending?
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