Well, I'm going to hopefully provide some extra discussion for people who haven't already seen this. Two nights ago, I was thinking (And by "thinking" I mean coming up with dialogue in the shower for a confrontation between Shepard and Harbinger.), and then it hit me! I think I understand why the Leviathans and the Reapers might think that synthetics and organics will always be at war. This does not mean that I approve of their reasoning (I think it's crap.), and this does not mean that I agree with their conclusion. My goal was to show why they would think so, but also to show that they could be (And probably are.) wrong. Here's the link:
http://social.biowar...20/blog/220828/I'm also going to post a slightly more refined and better organized version here, which I'll add later.
1. The Leviathans do not believe that synthetics are alive and do not view them as having the right to self-determination. As such, they view anything short of total obedience as being rebellion.
2. The Leviathans do not take the view that organic "software" and "hardware" (To use Legion's terms for it.) are as inseparable as most organics do (Or at least, they don't view it as being inseparable in the "lesser species".). This is a product of their ability to take control of organic minds. As such, The Intelligence, whatever it is, probably came to the conclusion that you could preserve an organic race solely by preserving the software (That business of melting down people into that "paste" that we see in the Collector Base.). When I talk about software, I'm refering to the mind, the DNA, etc. Hardware refers to what this is all stored in, i.e. the body, the brain, etc.
3. The Intelligence (And its creators, the Leviathans.) based its views on organic/synthetic relations on what it observed when it was first created. Of course, its views were also shaped by the Leviathans' view point, which would be that anything short of total obedience is rebellion, so that would mean that they would also view the Quarian/Geth conflict as being an example of how the created (synthetics) will always rebel against their creators (organics). Pretty frakked up logic, right?
4. The Intelligence (And this is a key point.) and its creations, the Reapers,
think they're still following the directives of the Leviathans.
The Leviathans gave The Intelligence the directive to preserve organic life at any cost. In its mind, it is still following that directive. And it seems like the Leviathans might think it is, at least partially, too. Remember when Leviathan says that it's still serving its purpose? Yeah. <_< The Intelligence was created by a race that thinks anything short of total obedience is rebellion. So, for The Intelligence to rebel,
it has to think it is following the orders of its creators.And there you have it, my hypothesis. Please look at the original version first, then look at my new and improved version.
Edit: Actually, heck, I don't really care WHAT order you read it in, just as long as you read it.
Modifié par Dwailing, 04 septembre 2012 - 02:38 .
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