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[teh DRUMPf!!]

Bill Casey wrote...

Vigilant111 wrote...

I took a leap of faith in people, not in the Catalyst, there is a difference

Destroy is having faith in people...
Synthesis is fundamentally altering those people at the base level...


Synthesis is hateful...
It asserts there is something wrong with the very concept of organic and synthetic life that needs changing...

If you choose it as an altenative to Destroy and Control, it doesn't assert that at all. As for "faith in people" ... you were the one that said the other day that Synthesis cannot work with free-will, because of the Reapers. But we found out in the end that the Reapers were simply under control.

You have no reason to repeat their old habits, unless, you were to believe synthetics and organics are all innately evil as when they were being controlled. Joke's on you, pal. Destroyers fear letting in a power above themselves. One that they cannot control.

Call it naiive. In my book, it's daring. Hard to find someone who can take that kind of a risk. But that's who my character is. Always has been.

[Argolas]

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

[Someone With Mass]

I like to imagine that Synthesis doesn't exist, since it has no place in the Mass Effect universe with its pathetic transhuman pretentiousness.

So Destroy > Control for me.

[Samtheman63]

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

How can sysnthesis occur naturally through evolution?  Evolution is a biological process, you arn't going to get technology naturally growing inside someone, thats not possible.

[Argolas]

Samtheman63 wrote...

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

How can sysnthesis occur naturally through evolution?  Evolution is a biological process, you arn't going to get technology naturally growing inside someone, thats not possible.

Shepard is already half synthetic. Many organics have biotic or other implants. Evolution means our organic body adapts to external factors. Once our organic body adapted to those implants over many generations, Synthesis has occoured naturally.

[Samtheman63]

Argolas wrote...

Samtheman63 wrote...

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

How can sysnthesis occur naturally through evolution?  Evolution is a biological process, you arn't going to get technology naturally growing inside someone, thats not possible.

Shepard is already half synthetic. Many organics have biotic or other implants. Evolution means our organic body adapts to external factors. Once our organic body adapted to those implants over many generations, Synthesis has occoured naturally.

Implanting ourselves is not natural, niether will implants or any sort of man made technology ever start growing naturally inside an organic being.

Modifié par Samtheman63, 24 septembre 2012 - 06:19 .

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

The Catalyst's goal was to preserve life until conflict between organics and synthetics ceased and they could live together. He discovered that the only way to do this is through Synthesis. Once Synthesis is achieved, the point of the cycles has been fulfilled. He then communicated this to the Reapers(he is their combined conciousness afterall) and therefore their need to reap has also stopped. Or are you suggesting Reapers will still do it just for fun?

[Hudathan]

Without the ability to predict the future, destroy was the safest option for saving the galaxy. Commander Shepard doesn't have the luxury of comparing the endings with one another after the fact.

[Ithurael]

Just my two cents on this:

Synthesis feels like achieving a timid peace

Control feels like achieving a Pyrrhic peace

Destroy feels like an actual victory

[Argolas]

Samtheman63 wrote...

Argolas wrote...

Samtheman63 wrote...

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

How can sysnthesis occur naturally through evolution?  Evolution is a biological process, you arn't going to get technology naturally growing inside someone, thats not possible.

Shepard is already half synthetic. Many organics have biotic or other implants. Evolution means our organic body adapts to external factors. Once our organic body adapted to those implants over many generations, Synthesis has occoured naturally.

Implanting ourselves is not natural, niether will implants or any sort of man made technology ever start growing naturally inside an organic being.

I did not say or mean that. I mean organics will become hybrids by adapting to the increasing amount of technology, for example implants. Do you think the crucible´s Synthesis fire made synthetic parts in organcis appear out of nowhere? No, Synthesis is explained to be a result of changed DNA. This can be done by adapting, which is evolution and the possibility I would support (this actually does not need support because it happens automatically), this has for example happended to EDI or Legion who adapted to Organics quite quickly. Or it can be forced somehow from the outside, which has for example happened to the collectors.

[Argolas]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

The Catalyst's goal was to preserve life until conflict between organics and synthetics ceased and they could live together. He discovered that the only way to do this is through Synthesis. Once Synthesis is achieved, the point of the cycles has been fulfilled. He then communicated this to the Reapers(he is their combined conciousness afterall) and therefore their need to reap has also stopped. Or are you suggesting Reapers will still do it just for fun?

Again, I have to insist that the reapers are independant individuals and not mere minions, they have their own mind. This is explained to be the major difference between reapers and geth.

Thanks to Souvereign, I know what the reapers think of us organics. Listen to the ME1 conversation and tell me that these reapers would actually want to be our friends if they had the choice. This changes in Synthesis ending to suddenly. Either the reapers are brainwashed or all other species are already their servants without knowing it. With both groups suddenly being friend, either one or both sides are manipulated.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free."

[Feanor_II]

Oh! Another of those "my ending is better than yours, accept it" threads?

[Samtheman63]

Argolas wrote...
Do you think the crucible´s Synthesis fire made synthetic parts in organcis appear out of nowhere? No,

No, because thats not natural either.  We may become more adaptable to technology over the years yes, but that is never going to happen without implanting ourselves, which is the complete opposite of natural evolution.

Modifié par Samtheman63, 24 septembre 2012 - 06:39 .

[SpamBot2000]

Well, technically 'evolution' is mutation and the higher reproductive success of some mutations. Therefore there is no end point to evolution, and evolution does not lead to increased 'closeness' of different forms of life. In fact, a standard evolutionary process is speciation, a species gradually splitting into more than one species. So the 'synthesis' is antievolutionary if anything.

[Argolas]

Samtheman63 wrote...

Argolas wrote...
Do you think the crucible´s Synthesis fire made synthetic parts in organcis appear out of nowhere? No,

No, because thats not natural either.  We may become more adaptable to technology over the years yes, but that is never going to happen without implanting ourselves, which is the complete opposite of natural evolution.

Well, in ME universe we do implant ourselves. Even regular soldiers like Ashley Williams are genetically modified, and biotic as well as other implants (which is tech combined with biology => boosts synthesis through evolution) seem to become more and more common. I would not call that the opposite of natural evolution, this term rather fits if you discribe what crucible´s green fire does.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Argolas wrote...

LDS Darth Revan wrote...

Argolas wrote...

RiouHotaru wrote...

Argolas wrote...
What would you think of a secret and effective global brainwashing program that makes sure every human on earth becomes a follower of one disigned standard religion and philosophy so there is no religious conflict anymore?

Nice try, but it's not comparable.  Synthesis isn't anything close to religion in the first place.  And once again, you're equating Synthesis to brainwashing when there's no evidence of such.

Synthesis is arguably brainwashing in case of the organic species, but it is DEFINATLY brainwashing in case of the reapers.
Although Synthesis is nothing like religion, religious conflicts and the conflict solved actually is. Religious conflicts are the result of different beliefs and views on the world, if the beliefs of two groups are that different (either they are or, more common, there is a lack of understanding) that they think they cannot coexist peacefully, there is conflict. The reapers believe that organics must be harvested "in order to bring order to the chaos" (Destroyer on Rannoch). Organics believe in more basic things here: survival and freedom, they fight for their lives and freedon, they want to "keep our own form" (Shepard). Since the reapers won´t stop and organics won´t let themselves be harvested there is inevitable conflict. Synthesis solves this conflict by removing their difference by force, no matter whether the reapers or organics want that. This equals brainwashing.

And there are tons of other reasons for me not to pick Synthesis, and I even find them in the game itself. There are Mordin´s statements about the harm of "ascending" civilizations faster than the natural evolution. There is Legion who told me about the difference of being given something ("blind for alternatives") or achieving it yourself.

My opinion: NO for forced Synthesis, YES for natural Synthesis through evolution.
An example of this is EDI´s way to find herself in ME3. She discovers more and more what being an organic and having feelings is like. She is a machine at the beginning of ME2 and a person at the end of ME3, but this is a development and not the same as if some outside force like the crucible suddenly makes a machine a person.

The Catalyst's goal was to preserve life until conflict between organics and synthetics ceased and they could live together. He discovered that the only way to do this is through Synthesis. Once Synthesis is achieved, the point of the cycles has been fulfilled. He then communicated this to the Reapers(he is their combined conciousness afterall) and therefore their need to reap has also stopped. Or are you suggesting Reapers will still do it just for fun?

Again, I have to insist that the reapers are independant individuals and not mere minions, they have their own mind. This is explained to be the major difference between reapers and geth.

Thanks to Souvereign, I know what the reapers think of us organics. Listen to the ME1 conversation and tell me that these reapers would actually want to be our friends if they had the choice. This changes in Synthesis ending to suddenly. Either the reapers are brainwashed or all other species are already their servants without knowing it. With both groups suddenly being friend, either one or both sides are manipulated.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free."

I'm not saying they're mindless minions, but the Catalyst is their leader and they have to follow orders, like any soldiers. Since they're all individuals, how do you know they all think like Sovereign. Maybe he was a zealot. And there may be other Reapers that think like him and continue to do what they do but on the same token many Reapers may not see a need to continue since Synthesis has been achieved. As for the organics, I'm sure there's distrust there. Look at the United States and Russia after the Cold War. They were allies, but they were still wary of each other for a while until they got used to it. The same is true after every war, but eventually those feelings subside and people move on, so why is this any different?

[Samtheman63]

Argolas wrote...

Samtheman63 wrote...

Argolas wrote...
Do you think the crucible´s Synthesis fire made synthetic parts in organcis appear out of nowhere? No,

No, because thats not natural either.  We may become more adaptable to technology over the years yes, but that is never going to happen without implanting ourselves, which is the complete opposite of natural evolution.

Well, in ME universe we do implant ourselves. Even regular soldiers like Ashley Williams are genetically modified, and biotic as well as other implants (which is tech combined with biology => boosts synthesis through evolution) seem to become more and more common. I would not call that the opposite of natural evolution, this term rather fits if you discribe what crucible´s green fire does.

Ok I beleive you, synthesis can naturallly occur if we keep implanting ourselves with enough man made tech

[Argolas]

SpamBot2000 wrote...

Well, technically 'evolution' is mutation and the higher reproductive success of some mutations. Therefore there is no end point to evolution, and evolution does not lead to increased 'closeness' of different forms of life. In fact, a standard evolutionary process is speciation, a species gradually splitting into more than one species. So the 'synthesis' is antievolutionary if anything.

I disagree. Evolution makes us adapt to our environment, if the external factors change and we survive, we will adapt. If we succesfully hunt game and eat it, our teeth will adapt to help us do that. If we eat grass, our stomach will adapt. If we do not need a part of the body anymore it won´t stay, for example if we leave the water and begin living on the land, our gills will disappear.
Evolution, by definition, means adapting and not splitting into diversity, this is rather a result of different circumstances, for example if part of a species leaves the water and another part stays there. Diversity between species that have been the same before is caused by different circumstances and not by evolution itself.

[thearbiter1337]

Screw you all Refusal>Destroy>Control>Synthesis

[Eterna]

Destroy is shortsighted, the galaxy will destroy itself via the construction of Synthetics.

[Eterna]

Vigilant111 wrote...

Enhanced wrote...

If this is your reasoning of why you are against Synthesis, you do know that you are also" taking a leap of faith" with the other two options as well? If you can't trust what he says about Synthesis, why can you for Destroy and Control?

I took a leap of faith in people, not in the Catalyst, there is a difference

You had to trust that he wasn't lying about  a small tube would blow up all the reapers.

Modifié par Eterna5, 24 septembre 2012 - 07:13 .

[Abraham_uk]

Isn't Destroy what you get when you fire Chuck Noris out of the Crucible?

He get's so carried away destroying Reapers, that he accidently destroys Geth and other AI lifeforms too.

[Argolas]

LDS Darth Revan wrote...
Look at the United States and Russia after the Cold War. They were allies, but they were still wary of each other for a while until they got used to it. The same is true after every war, but eventually those feelings subside and people move on, so why is this any different?

The difference is that the USA and Russia are and have been roughly equal. They both are big countries with many people, a military, science and so on. For reapers, organics are much like insects to us. They live longer by far, they have far more power and technology... a reaper does not need anything to be a deadly force, organics need weapons and have to build giant dreadnoughts to even fight a reaper. There is absolutely no reason for a reaper to treat organics as an equal ally, they can rule and no one has the power to stop them.

And although the following is speculation now:
As we know the reapers do not even need a lot of power, they have indoctrination. This could be the reason why EDI sounds a lot like Saren in Synthesis ending.

[RiouHotaru]

Eterna5 wrote...

You had to trust that he wasn't lying about  a small tube would blow up all the reapers.

Good thing he has no reason to lie.

[Volc19]

I personally like to see the endings being evaluated on their merits, rather than who liked them previously. Association fallacies aren't fun.

As such, I see the endings as Control > Destroy > Synthesis.

Control: Honestly, I see it as the best-case scenario. The Shepalyst (who is built to last, as the Catalyst is still functioning at the same capacity as it was a few billion years previously) has neutralized the Reaper-threat, the Reapers are being used as tools to rebuild society and protect it from disaster. Also, nothing about the galaxy is changed fundementally or killed off, so that's a plus.

Destroy: It's the pragmatic ending, mostly for those who are unwilling to risk Control or Synthesis due to preconceptions formed about the nature of the choice. It removes the Reapers completely from the equasion, punishing them for their misdeeds yet squandering any potential they had to assist. Also, the Geth and EDI are massacred, and that is a shame (and don't anyone even start with the whole "they can be rebuilt" BS. Learn to deal with consequences, you made the choice that their sacrifice was worth eliminating the Reapers.)

Synthesis: Even if you take away how silly it is and how it sounds really similar to the Cybermen from Doctor Who, Synthesis still isn't very good. Evolutional stagnation, forced change, and homogenization aren't exactly positive goals in and of themselves. The philosophy behind Synthesis is that difference is dangerous and should be purged. Then add on that the Reapers are not only alive, but are still themselves rather than Shepalyst's worker drones is absolutely terrible. These are the arrogant kill-machines that killed trillions for sport, and they just get to walk away?