User blog comment:Ironreaper/Retcons and Contradictions in the Reapers/@comment-2250460-20120419054338/@comment-4888821-20120421020056

i think they're shortening it, it's better than saying "while shepard didn't kill the reaper but we never could have done it without his help because shepard is just damn good or damn lucky." That and it might help build morale, because the soldiers in purgatory and on earth looked at shepard as like a freaking god because of the rumors circulating around him, and they only know about 10% of the stuff he's done.