User blog comment:The Milkman/Mass Effect in Retrospect/@comment-24174486-20130418150425/@comment-4237253-20130418164655

Yes, really. What's stopping the Catalyst from stopping the Reapers? Nothing. You're suggesting we rush to some unknown and unexplained choice that makes absolutely no sense. That doesn't excuse a poorly told narrative.

The catalyst is saying conflict and genocide is impossible. There is no evidence of this. The narrative failed to show us this. Simple as that.