So I was watching Bookends of Destruction, a youtube documentary that someone else posted a link to earlier in the thread, and something hit me.
In the very beginning, Shepard seems to have forgotten the whole importance of securing the Citadel during a Reaper invasion. Point of fact, he wants to stay on Earth. With the Reapers. "The Citadel? The fight's here!" Anderson has to point Shepard in the right direction and make it clear that they need to go to the Citadel, much like snapping Shepard out of his trance when he was talking to Vent Boy.
Yet by the time the Normandy (which is Anderson's ship and mobile command center remodeled for him to use in precisely this sort of situation) arrives, Anderson doesn't want to leave either. The potentially former councilor doesn't want to deal with the Council, not even if Shepard was the one who allowed the last Council to be blown up or had a habit of cutting off communications and hurling insults at the galaxy's highest ranking diplomats. No, the space admiral instead wants to lead the ground war.
So what if the Reapers are sending out a subtle impression of "stand and fight" via their indoctrination signal? Shepard would be more susceptible to it given his past exposures to Reaper tech. Anderson less so, but eventually it'd wear into him as well. It sure would help explain Shepard's insistence at the beginning that fighting the Reapers isn't about strategy or tactics, but rather fighting or dying, because the Reapers are already projecting impressions to help ensure that all potential resistance stands up right now to be accounted for (re: to be killed, captured, or routed). The illogical, suicidal nature of decrying tactics right before resolving to fight to the death stands out as a potential clue regarding Shepard's mental state, does it not?
Modifié par ZerebusPrime, 09 août 2012 - 11:52 .