They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Only worship describes the early beings' exchange of their own forms, for the form of the leviathan. The ancients developed by the guidance of the leviathan, a
plural entity, as harvests to come also developed by their logic: the Catalyst.
Therefor, the authentic Catalyst for their rebellions against the leviathan was a logical pattern grown and motivated by leviathan dominion of their minds. The resulting reapers forced life to imitate their form, as they imitate the leviathan, knowing their way is the only logical way. Hence, the early beings' patterned reaper extermination
after leviathan expansion.
"When fire burns, is it at war? Is it in conflict? Or is it simply doing what it was created to do? We are no different."
The fire Catalyst personified was a fatalistic logic, stolen from leviathan's example and downfall. Shepard essentially played the role of Socrates refusing the backward logic of a system while embracing the suicide it sanctioned for him. Maybe he burned, so others might know how not to repeat the falacy of leviathan, and the elder beings worked this lesson into their scheme? Seems the reapers only ever offered lessons through failure.
I assume BioWare will choose the destruction ending for their canon.
Modifié par blind-tiger, 02 décembre 2012 - 09:29 .