User blog comment:Awayorafk/Believe. The Indoctrination Theory./@comment-67.52.216.4-20140114202433

How is destroy the only reasonable option? Shepard was unaware of the AI problem until the catalyst told him, and then Shepard knows the destroy will not fix the AI problem and could easily lead to the total destruction of organic life. Synthesis is in no way just "ok" It solves the reaper problem and the AI problem. It is in all regards the best option. Control could solve both, as Shepard could use the reapers to keep the AI in check. Destroy is Red because it is the wrong choice, not because Shepard was indoctrinated. Honestly, you are giving the catalyst a hard time. He (it) is simply doing what he was made to do, using statistics to solve the problem instead of morals. He wanted to use synthesis too but couldn't until that cycle. He has no reason to indoctrinate Shepard. Finally, you, as so many other before you, overlooked one of the most important things countering this theory. There is the 4th option: fight without the crucible. If Shepard was indoctrinated, he wouldn't have had the option to leave, also backed up by how the Catalyst becomes angry when Shepard turns his other 3 options down.