Steelcan wrote...
Hrothdane wrote...
A good general position, but the narrative is clearly structured for us to assume that indoctrinated people prefer to try control, which leads to the idea that the Reapers are planting the idea as a red herring to throw them off.
Besides, the origins of the idea CLEARLY color the idea itself in this case:
Reaper tech is blue, and control is blue.

And the Alliance is blue, so are the Asari.
And I would say it is a red herring, until it actually works.
'Twas a joke, hence the

You just set it up so perfectly.
The game quiet clearly is making a statement about those people that think they can control and manipulate everything. Even should TIM "succeed" in controlling the Reapers, the story would find a way to make him lose in the end because the themes stand against him. The series is full of people thinking they have control and influence when they don't.
The zha thought they could control the zha'til.
The protheans thought they could control the rachni.
The quarians thought they could control the geth.
The salarians thought they could control the krogan.
Benezia thought she could influence Saren.
Saren thought he could influence the Reapers.
TIM thought he could control Shepard.
TIM thought he could control Miranda.
Miranda's father thought he could control her.
The Shadow Broker thought he controlled the galaxy.
The Leviathans thought they were the most powerful race.
The Reapers think they control the fate of the galaxy.
TIM thought he could control the Reapers.
The Reapers give people the illusion of power, then strip it all away in an instance. That is how they work. In a general sense in the Mass Effect universe, those with a will to control and dominate lose. It may take time, but they always lose.
That's the way it works. Rail against it all you want, but that's the way they wrote it.