User blog comment:Dragonzzilla/Describe Your Mass Effect 3 Ending/@comment-193.191.241.1-20120904074724

I would have liked to be able to discover The Illusive Man's true identity (Jack Harper) at some point in the game. Then, during the final conversation with him, I would have made a paragon interrupt where Shepard can call him with his real name, to make him remember the man he was when he was younger. That would help to give him enough will to force him to fight against reaper indoctrination (high morality points required). Finally, after the discussion with the catalyst, I would have let The Illusive Man take control of the reapers. Jack Harper sacrifices his life to do it and Shepard can return to Earth and live with his love interest. The Illusive Man uses his new army to help humanity to take power in the whole galaxy and protect it from others potential threats such as the leviathans. He becomes the true hero he deserved to be considered for the work he has done in the last decades to find a way to stop the reapers' threat. The spirit of that end would be quite similar to the renagade one in the first game when you let the council die.