User blog comment:Tanooki1432/Alternate Ending/@comment-121.167.82.245-20120317105917/@comment-99.229.162.57-20120617171825

Illusive man in harbinger- did you really fail to comprehend the irony? That the illusive man- who is supposed to be defending the interests of humanity- is not only (ukowingly) on the side of the reapers; but is literally INSIDE THEM! It's called indoctrination, remember? The illusive man's actions weren't supposed to make sense- his mind was being controlled.

And saying they couldn't make shepard a reaper is ignoring the true purpose of the reapers. They aren't typical hollywood villians