FlyingSquirrel wrote...
This is pretty much what I see as the main selling point of Synthesis, and why my canon Shepard ended up choosing it. Though I also have a headcanon bit where she gains some control over the "dispersal" when she jumps into the beam and makes sure it happens in a way that's reversible for people who don't want the upgrades.
Huh. It's rare to see an intelligent person around these parts. I've gotten so used to seeing people making hilariously crazy excuses for their pettiness that ... I'm not sure how to react to you. I think I'm happy. Yes, let's call it that.
Though Synthesis is optional. I know that there are Destroy fans out there who (in their pettiness) will argue that "canon isn't canon," but if you don't cure the genophage, EDI tells you that the krogans didn't opt into Synthesis, that Synthesis is an optional thing that the individual has to choose. She even goes on to say something along the lines of 'maybe some day they'll be ready,' just to emphasise the opt-in nature of it.
But yes, this is the truth of it. Synthesis is all about empathy, and considering the Destroy fans who seem to hate the geth, hate Joker, hate EDI, and hate all enhanced people enough to see them die horrible deaths? I think we need it. If nothing else, Mass Effect proves that humanity needs a good dose of empathy. Otherwise most humans are selfish, petty creatures, and barely intelligent biological automatons. That upgrade is damn near necessary. They need the empathy that comes standard for more intelligent people.
I do think you have to have a sufficient lack of overall intelligence and emotional maturity to pick Destroy considering all the death and misery it causes, all so that the petty ones can have their 'breath scene' (which is just the clone, anyway). And that's what I tend to see around BSN, a lot of sociopathy and a lack of overall intellect. And the absolute bitter hatred that Destroy fans tend to usher unto Synthesis and Control fans is further proof of this.
I don't hate 'em, myself. I just don't think they're particularly bright or emotionally mature. The emotionally mature person looks at what each ending would do to all of the characters. And with something like Destroy, my heart just goes out to Joker. Joker has learned to love life and tolerate his sickness because of EDI, because of his love of EDI. If you kill EDI in cold blood (for no good reason other than pettiness), then you're basically going to leave Joker alone with his sickness. You're going to have a very suicidal Joker who's likely going to end it all.
This is what Destroy fans can't understand. They can't emotionally feel their way around something as complex as that, as the ripples and effects that Destroy would have on the Universe. They've proved time and time again that they are physically incapable of showing emotion for anyone but themselves. They won't care about Joker because they
can't care about Joker. And therein lies the rub.
Synthesis would be needed for humanity to fix people like that. To fix people who can't feel for anyone other than themselves. Those who have such an over-exaggerated sense of self-importance that the pain and suffering of other people is completely irrelevant. All I can think of when I get to the end is how much I'd completely eff people up by doing this... how much I'd make Joker suicidal, and the harm I'd do to the quarians (by taking away the geth after finally making peace between them). That's because I do
feel. And emotional maturity takes an enhanced degree of intellect which I can see now that not everyone has.
So Synthesis is necessary. People need that boost. They need that upgrade. They need to be able to understand things both emotionally and intellectually. They need to be able to relate, to empathise, to put themselves in the shoes of other people. It's the one thing humanity desperately needs. I've always had a feeling that that was the case, but Mass Effect proves it. Apparently there's always going to be a non-trivial amount of people who aren't intelligent enough to have full emotional maturity otherwise, who can't empathise, who can't feel for other people.
The simple truth is is that we need to fix them. They need to be fixed. And in my canon, they are fixed (thank goodness).
Modifié par Auld Wulf, 08 mars 2013 - 06:00 .
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