User blog comment:The Milkman/Shades of Purple/@comment-5287758-20120930050555/@comment-3202167-20121002163244

But when was he actually introduced? not just talked about or referenced, but shown, you get to see/meet him? At the end. The very end. And also, And also, the other few 2.5 billion plot holes that existed in the original ending. And lack of choice. Side note: I completely agree that the IT was complete garbage, but anyways: I know he is not actually a kid, somebody would need to be really stupid to think that, but it's just a way of referring to him, the form he takes.

And if my memory isn't failing, we are lead to believe the Crucible is the answer, but suddenly the Catalyst *Just so you all can be happy :P* pops in and suddenly just becomes the solution and answer. And again, on the topic of IT: That is actually what they are trying to do. They claim there are enough hints that point towards IT theory, that it's true. That is what everything is built on.