alienatedflea wrote...
The Angry One wrote...
Becoming a God is an arrogant choice that leaves the galaxy open to your whim.
Synthesis is total capitulation.
I do not support destroy, as it murders our allies for no good reason, but at least it does what were were meant to do for 3 games - rid the galaxy of the Reaper abominations forever.
lol become god...really? you do realise that the WHOLE galaxy probably knows what the crucible does after the fact...if you dont want shepard "god" then build another crucible and pick another choice...
synthesis is for the best of both worlds...yet somehow people like you and many many others dont think thats a good idea...
Control, you are either the galaxy's protector or its new dictator depending on your path (Paragon or Renegade)...
Destroy is something that an extremist would find acceptable...it really goes well with "no cost too great" motiff
Synthesis is abhorrent. It in no way is something that natural evolution would lead to-totally a ridiculous statement on the catalyst's part. It also is the best of no world. It is being forced on people without their knowledge or consent. Mordin says some things about it in ME2 when describing the Collectors but elaborates on it as a process that creates cultural stagnation as well as advancement beyond what one is culturally ready for-something he equates with the advancement of the Krogans before their time.
The kid sees synthesis as perfection. Consider that for a moment. He thinks people want tech inside them so they can achieve perfection. First of all, perfection is not something most rational people believe exists. Secondly, tech isn't something universally thought of as a way to become perfect if it existed. In ME itself there were people that didn't even want any tech implants so now it's ok to force this on them? No, it isn't.
Creativity is stifled without adversity. Creativity and that which makes the soul (not talking religion here) soar cannot exist in any appreciable way with no real need for it. Think about the people throughout history that have been the greatest creative minds-say a Van Gogh, Beethoven, and the like. What you often will find is that creativity is born out of struggle. The basis for rock music is early African American music that was born in the fields of plantations as slaves sang to work through or forget their troubles. Great comedians often had sad childhoods or something that they draw upon that they can find humor in now. Synthesis removes adversity and so stifles the growth of the spirit. It also is a childish way to solve a conflict that need not exist. It says people are unable to ever solve problems themselves so they must be artificially augmented to make it happen. Ridiculous. Synthesis is what the kid says is the best solution, but he couldn't even accomplish what he was meant to do-create a balance between organics and synthetics. His solution was to have people sucked up every 50k years and to turn his creators into a reaper.
Control is never a paragon choice. It was always something paragon Shepard spoke out against regarding anything-whether it was in letting Grunt decide for himself or disagreeing with TIM-you got paragon points for disliking any kind of control throughout the games. And it creates a horrible sight for people to have to live with-people that just want the reapers "dead". The reapers have people goo in them-no one wants a reaper running around that may have their family as goo inside of it. And I have almost a full Paragon Shepard and that control ending is ominous and not at all cheery. Shepard also says some very un-paragon things that my Shepard would not say, so it obviously changes him/her. Control further says that people can't do things for themselves and they need the reapers to create everything once again.
Destroy is the only case where people can stand on their own and advance using their own creativity and then create their own future. Listen to how Hackett describes it-they learned to work together and will rebuild and have a better future. Well, some will. In a real sadistic move the writers wanted to make this ending not seem canon so they decided to make it appear to be the most selfish with genocide. Killing EDI and the geth destroys the best examples of why the star kid is wrong and why they other 2 choices are wrong. EDI and the geth worked to self-determine, something denied with synthesis and control, so of course they had to die in the only ending that allows for self-determination and self-reliance.
And no, everyone will not know what the crucible does. Where is that even implied? In Control, Shepard can't communicate with people anymore so s/he can't tell them. And in synthesis it doesn't say everyone will have a hive mind and know what the catalyst knows. In fact, the choices themselves don't exist in the crucible-the kid says it's a big energy source. The choice consoles are on the citadel, but it isn't like they were labeled as to what they were and they may even be destroyed or non-functional after they've been used.
Of course this last bit is why the whole freaking thing makes no sense.
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But I just didn't like the idea of the Reapers existing, in any way. So destroy is the option I always pick, before and after the EC. There is sacrifice in each ending. And I chose to sacrifice synthetic life...for the time being. x
