User blog comment:Arbington/My thoughts on the central theme of the series./@comment-5274392-20120727041531/@comment-5274392-20120727071755

I can see what you mean, but doesn't that mean that ME2 has even less relevance to the series, since it has nothing to do with the two themes you presented. You point out small instances of these themes, and I can see how the Catalyst is in "the end justifies the means" category, but that has always been the renegade ideology. I think that this just goes to show how pro-paragon Bioware was in ME3. The central theme however, needs to revolve the main conflict, which is Organics vs Synthetics.