ImaginaryMatter wrote...
I wouldn't say every explanation. For example, and I'm not promoting this, if the Reapers have some sort of non-linear view of time that could lead them to have goals that go beyond what humanity can truly understand.
That's not an explanation, though. That's a reason for
not giving an explanation.
If the Reapers were Indoctrinated wouldn't their Reaper brains have turned to mush? Unless they are like the Collectors. I think a bigger question would be why the Catalyst would bother creating Reapers that have sentience if it was just going to force them into servitude or create the illusion that they have freewill anyway, it just seems a little unnecessary (also, according to the Leviathans didn't the Catalyst only gain Indoctrination capabilites after several cycles?).
I don't remember that quote from Leviathan. Anyway, Reapers don't have brains; they have data. Their minds are synthetic, created from deconstructive analysis of organic minds. The "organic slush" contained within Reapers is the DNA part of the Catalyst's "preserve life" campaign. But even if their minds were organic, why would Indoctrination turn their brains to mush? This didn't happen with Saren or TIM.
As for the rest, we're getting into speculative analysis here, but since the Catalyst is trying to preserve a "racemind" it is following his mandate to keep it as similar to what the organic minds were collectively. So long as they follow the cycles, why should the Catalyst care to eliminate any other facet of their intelligence?
There is another reason to create the Illusion that the Reapers are independent: to hide the Catalyst himself. Greatest trick, devil, etc.
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