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My New Point Of View On The Endings In The DLC


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N7Gold

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These are quotes that I typed in directly from my Youtube video of my Mass Effect 3 video of the Extended Cut. I just wanted to post it here to see what you guys think about my new point of view on the Reapers and the endings.
Here's the link to my video.





"I feel like I just dropped a load of baggage off my shoulders. Not only did the DLC show me the consequences of the choice I made, it also gives you the option to learn more about the Reapers from the Catalyst. Thanks to this DLC, I see now why the Reapers represent order and organics represent chaos, and also that the Reapers are not as villainous as I originally thought they are. But still I chose to destroy them because their actions are still highly questionable, especially since it is hinted in ME2 that they possibly instigated the Rachni Wars, indoctrinating the Rachni and turning them hostile. If they want organics and synthetics to have peace, how come they didn't notice the Geth being one of my allies? I also understand now why the Reapers turned half the Geth into heretics, but I still don't know why Shepard couldn't tell the Catalyst how I made peace between the Quarians and Geth. That outcome would have showed the Catalyst that conflicts between organics and synthetics isn't always inevitable, that understanding between machines and organics can be made without forcing Synthesis when it will naturally happen. Using Synthesis forces a change to organics and synthetics that they are not ready for just yet. Just because the option to merge organics and synthetics is in front of you doesn't mean you should choose it. What if they aren't ready for Synthesis? Its not smart to rush evolution, if you would call that evolution. Because of the IT theory, I used to think the other two choices are traps that indoctrinate Shepard. I don't believe that anymore. Controlling the Reapers just simply seem unethical to me now, much like rewriting the heretic Geth in ME2, I should've never rewritten them, it shows that you see synthetics not as fellow living beings, but imitations of life that can be reprogrammed or controlled if they don't behave the way you want them to. Destroy, while unethical for me too, still seems like a good choice for me too, because the Reapers, while their intentions are noble, they are blinded by the so-called "inevitability" of future events due to the fact the previous trillion cycles they harvested has never achieved peace with synthetics. The Reapers think future cycles won't be any different than the ones they harvested, they justify their actions and predictions of the future on inevitability. Not everything is inevitable; the future isn't always set in stone. All they need to do is stop fighting organics and synthetics for one minute and look around and they'll see that history doesn't always repeat itself, just like how on Rannoch I had to make the Quarians stop shooting the Geth to show them the Geth aren't interested in war against organics. Besides, if you've read Mass Effect Revelation, all organics are aware of the possible dangers of creating AIs and synthetics, the Quarians thought the Geth would never become self aware since they were originally lesser AIs, and the Council closed the Quarian embassy as punishment for creating the Geth. However, there will likely be rogue idiots like that quarian Daro'Xen who think they can control and enslave synthetics."


"Anyway, thanks, BioWare, I forgive you all. To me, this DLC made the Destroy ending of my Mass Effect trilogy playthrough less bitter and a little more sweet, and I loved the part when Tali doesn't put Shepard's name on the plaque, sensing he is alive somehow. I regret destroying the Geth, Rachni and EDI along with the Reapers, but I hope that if there will be another organic vs machine conflict in Mass Effect 4, the history about the peace between the quarians and Joker's relationship with EDI proves that peace between organics and synthetics without choosing Synthesis is real, difficult but not impossible. Since Diana Allers interviewed Alex Shepard about how and why peace was made between the Quarians and Geth, the galaxy will learn from the Quarians mistake, it was fear and ignorance about synthetics becoming self aware that compelled them to unwittingly force the Geth to rebel.  If there will be a Mass Effect 4, will I buy it? Well, since BioWare has regained almost all of my trust, there's a 75% chance I might. Scratch that, make that 80%."