User blog comment:Ygrain/EDI and the geth: their purpose in the story?/@comment-4237253-20120723204253/@comment-2228120-20120724165316

"That is not because you're meant to agree with the Catalyst or that it's a main theme of the series" This is, of course, quite logical (and I do hope that this is what the authors meant), but there is a problem of contradiction between the logic and the perception of the ending. The way the Catalyst, its presentation of the supposed problem and Shepard's possible responses to it are depicted is pointing towards something else than the logic, since this particular depiction, without questioning, alternate solutions or allowing the players' own agenda to contradict the proposed options, is used for presenting unshakable truths, and these are usually seen as the climax of the plot. In other words, the organics versus synthetics occupies the place that, in the structure of the narrative, should belong to something else. Which is, IMHO, why so many people feel that the ending doesn't fit: logic tells them one thing, the perception of the mechanics of the story another. I'm really not sure if this is what the authors intended; story-wise, ME is pretty straightforward and this obscutrity of the ending would fit rather something like the X-files.