User blog comment:The Milkman/Extended Expectations/@comment-1786741-20120625080910/@comment-84391-20120625131049

The only way the Destroy ending could possibly work is if they expand it to the point that it gets a Last Temptation of Christ feel (Shep reallizes Catalyst is lying, shooting the that fuse box symbolizes breaking free of its control, then Shep wakes up and we get the real final heroic action). Unfortunately, this could potentially imply the other endings are false if they're not given the same level of care.

As is, the Destroy choice devolves Shepard's ideological growth, and looks like the favored choice for xenophobic Republican rednecks.

In the Control ending, I believe the Citadel and two relays survive.