User blog comment:Legionwrex/Why Destroy is the worst ending (besides refusal)./@comment-3097746-20120707042708/@comment-899316-20120707215951

Or, Shepard's "survival" proves that the Catalyst was wrong in one instance. And, by the way, Shepard does have synthetic upgrades keeping him alive. Project Lazarus, remember? Like half of Shep's organs are synthetic replacements. How Shepard survives Destroy is a complete mystery, because everything we know says he shouldn't.