User blog comment:The Milkman/The Writing of the Ending/@comment-30764484-20120605044952/@comment-4237253-20120608004829

In order of importance:

1. Nothing about Indoctrination says anything about hallucinations of dying/dead children, or the Reaper's ability to read minds.

2. The developers themselves have actually stated that they were thinking about a scenario where Shepard is indoctrinated, but they decided against it. Not that I trust BioWare but....

3. According to the Indoctrination Theory, Shepard "loses" the battle in his mind if he chooses Control and Synthesis. Thus, the Reapers/Harbinger doesn't want him to pick destroy. Why then, would the Catalyst only give you Destroy, if that's the only right choice if you have low EMS. Are you honestly saying that Shepard is guaranteed to win because they're unprepared and weak!?

That's honestly the least thought-out, most backwards logic I have ever heard.

I shouldn't even need this, however. Can you provide any credible, solid proof for the IT? No, it doesn't exist. Also, why would you even want the IT to be true all along? I still can't fathom how people would want this to be their plan all along.