User blog comment:The Milkman/The Writing of the Ending/@comment-30764484-20120605044952/@comment-4237253-20120605173330

No, no, no. The IT is a terrible idea, and no one thought about when they got to the ending, I promise you. I can guarantee you didn't. You went online looking for answers on forums and blogs, but you missed the truth: it's bad writing. There is zero unequivocal evidence. Not one shred of solid evidence to support it. I'm supposed to pretend there is a deeper meaning to Control and Synthesis now? No, there isn't. You can control the Reapers. If you chose Control, the Reapers up and leave, and the following scenes show that peace is restored throughout the galaxy. Thus, you are wrong. In Synthesis, the same thing happens. Where does it say "Object Rho accelerated the indoctrination process? That's just guess work, stop touting it as fact. Why would you even want an ending where you don't have a choice? You just get to choose between failing and not failing!? Why is that even disguised as a choice then? That's just terrible storytelling, trust me. Also, if it was a "battle in Shepard's mind" than it was just a dream. You can't write random nonsense and then say "Oh, it's a dream! See? I is a good writer now!" That's just stupid.

The worst part? By encouraging the IT, you are setting a VERY dangerous precedent. Are you people really ok with a fake or incomplete ending? I paid over 60 dollars for the base product. Why am I paying full price for an incomplete product? What about people who don't have an Internet connection to their console? Oh, I guess they're just not important right? They're not true fans.

Also, why is it that if you have low EMS, you can ONLY choose Destroy? How is that part of the Reaper's plan!? Did they just decide to take pity, because the fleet is weak and unprepared!? This alone disproves the whole theory! It's wrong, BioWare screwed up, and the ending is nothing more than poorly written garbage that anyone, myself included, could have written better.

Just read the section titled "Indoctrination Theorist" in my blog. Continued belief that this is even a remotely good idea is just wilful ignorance. http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:The_Milkman/Everybody_Shut_Up.