User blog comment:Kd82/ME3 Ending: what just happened?/@comment-3054777-20120702123040/@comment-99.52.163.83-20120824004928

saren from me1 wanted synthesis, i.e. at the end he says "i'm a union of flesh and steel. the strengths of both, the weaknesses of neither". saren spent time in the Reaper Sovereign. saren was indoctrinated. the illusive man wanted control, and assured himself that he wasn't indoctrinated and his plan would work, much like saren thought if organics "bowed before the invaders", they would be spared. the illusive spent time studying reaper tech, such as the Human Reaper, and even infused his soldiers with reaper tech. the illusive man was indoctrinated. the reason the 'control' option is blue, or paragon, the 'synthesis' option is white, neutral, and the 'destroy' option is red, renegade, is because you are seeing the options thru the eyes of the Reapers. the Reapers believe controlling ('bringing order to the chaos', etc.) organic civilization was the noble and right choice ('we are your salvation', etc.) and the end sequence is there attempt to make Shepard agree with them. to make Shepard see it their way. to 'indoctrinate' him. you cannot control the reapers. 1. control - reapers alive, shepard indoctrinated, you lose 2. synthesis - reapers alive, shepard indoctrinated, you lose 3. destroy - reapers dead, shepard freed, you win