User blog comment:Arbington/ME3 Theories/@comment-2227404-20100802223651

I felt they played a much lesser role in the second, though. I'm actually rather glad about that, because as you said, they're jerks.

As far as Shepard for human Councillor, that would be awesome. If the schematics prove that the Reapers exist, the Council would need someone to lead them who knows what they're doing. I think it'd be really neat if Bioware could include a system that allowed you to manage a lot more.