User blog comment:Legionwrex/Why Destroy is the worst ending (besides refusal)./@comment-3097746-20120707042708/@comment-899316-20120707230613

I just read through that article, and I think that it was a smidge inaccurate in its portrayal of Shepard's level of control over the Reapers. From what I gathered from the Control ending, Shepard is not merged with the Reapers, but rather replaces the Catalyst. Effectively, the Reapers are all now an extension of Shepard's will, in a manner reminiscent of a hive-mind. As for the crazy totalitarian regime thing, I won't say that's completely inaccurate. Renegade Shepard aspires to such things. Paragon Shepard, however, describes different goals, planning on defending galactic society from major threats. I would not file "everyday" wars and conflicts under that category. Unless something threatens the very existence of life in the galaxy, Shepbinger will likely not intervene.