User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-4737548-20120315144033/@comment-86.67.8.177-20120315153420

there is also a theory that says that the end of ME3 is in fact a hallucination because shepard is slightly indoctrinated. This could explain many inconsistencies on the end of the game.

If this theory is true, the relays are still intact (and the Reapers are still here)