CosmicGnosis wrote...
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”
- H.P. Lovecraft
ontologicalgeek.com/the-call-of-leviathan-mass-effect-and-lovecraft/
This is an interesting article about Mass Effect and its Lovecraftian influences. The author argues that Mass Effect doesn't work as a combination of Lovecraft and power fantasy. I agree with some of his points, but I ultimately prefer to think of Mass Effect as a subversion of Lovecraft.
EDIT: Lovecraft's quote is precisely why I like the outcome of Synthesis. The Synthesis ending utterly obliterates that philosophy. It rips it apart. It kills it with fire. I believe that Destroy and Control also subvert the quote, but Synthesis does so in the grandest way. Knowledge liberates us; it doesn't destroy us.
I hate to break it to you, but I've discovered evidence that Synthesis is the solution that the Reapers want you to choose on behalf of the Leviathans. Think about it. The Leviathans used to dominate the galaxy, enslaving every "lesser" race they discovered until the machines the "lesser" races created turned against them. The Leviathans didn't want to lose all their slaves, because a dead race can't pay tribute to them. So they created the Catalyst to find a solution that would put an end to the conflict. The Catalyst told Shepard that he tried a similar solution to Synthesis, but it kept failing. He also said that the Leviathans created him to
establish a connection between synthetic and organic life. In the Leviathan DLC, Ann Bryson tells Shepard and EDI that Leviathan uses those crystal ball artifacts to
establish a connection to whoever it wants to control. See the connection between the phrase "establish a connection"?
If you think Synthesis is the best outcome, you're dead wrong. The Synthesis DNA is a brand new way for the Leviathans to control races they deem "lesser". The new DNA makes the crystal balls obsolete by linking all life in the galaxy as living quantum entaglement communicator devices for the Leviathans to use and control every organic and synthetic no matter how far away they are. It's best that you DESTROY the Reapers and create true peace. An illusion of peace is offered to you on a silver platter. True peace must be earned regardless of the risk of another conflict between organics and synthetics. But you're right about one thing, knowledge does liberate you,
but how you interpret the knowledge you gained and your course of action based on what you've learned determines whether you achieve real freedom... or an illusion of freedom.
Modifié par N7Gold, 07 janvier 2014 - 05:53 .
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