User blog comment:HELO/Indoctrination or Not, It's Problematic/@comment-3527219-20120402073352/@comment-3581090-20120403141131

Oh, don't even get me started with the Green Space Magic...because the only way that made any sense is if it was literally Space Magic. And when our sarcastic, eye-rolling remarks have to be taken at face value to make ME3 make sense, that just hurts my soul.

But more to the point: I think the original ending that Drew Karpyshyn had outlined (where the Reapers needed humanity's genetic diversity to stop dark energy from destroying the universe) might have linked to wanting Shepard's body (because he's an exemplary can-overcome-anything human).

(And linking back to the original topic: of course, the original ending still sounds like it would come down to a "pick which door!" kind of choice that would have made our army-gathering efforts a waste of time--and would have left us with the same "I get 5 more hours of gameplay, right?" quandry when choosing the "GO TO HELL!" option...but, again, that's just from the outline. And, regardless, it would at least make in-universe sense.)