User blog comment:Damous/Why Bioware has NOT betrayed us/@comment-857026-20120312140042

Actually, having read through this article there is something else that makes me wonder about the theory. In ME1 you can convince Saren to commit suicide, in ME3 you can do the same with TIM. After Sovereign "Assumes Control" of Saren's corpse and you destroy Saren's corpse, Sovereign is stunned, which leads to his destruction, which suggests that assuming full control of an individual will render a reaper entirely vulnerable if the vessel being controlled is destroyed.

Therefore, it is possible that they were losing and assumed control of Shepard, and gave him control of the Crucible, whilst making the Control/Synthesis options look paragon, and the destruction option renagade. In so doing, even though his body may have still been on earth, they gave him full control of the crucible in hopes they could manipulate him into making a choice that would ensure there survival and destroy him.

So, even though the vessel ("Shepard") is still on earth, the metaphysical reality that they subject him to may lead to there PHYSICAL salvation or destruction, as in so doing; they have left there fate in his hands, assuming he will make the choice that will save them from destruction.

I've gotten a bit lost in the details and analizying the subject, all I am trying to get at is that even though it seems like or could be a dream-state, it is possible that his actions in this state had direct consequences in reality, so the video of the citadel and mass relays being destroyed is more than likely, accurate.