User blog comment:Garhdo/Unhappy with the ending? Make your own!/@comment-1786741-20130225182538/@comment-66.74.146.158-20130227040953

That's the thing though, this is just the Catalysts solution, not THE solution. I mean just the fact that he uses the Mass Relays to experiment shows that he's looking for a new solution and when you arrive at his front door he admits his solution is no longer valid.

Also you have to remember that the Catalyst is a machine. He's looking for a 'perfect' solution, not one where there's middle ground or while a good plan has a small chance of not working in the future. He's looking for the perfect solution and that's where he fails. Also conflict is inevitable (and not because aliens in the past were boring). Bodies of two different ideologies or philosophies will always conflict in some way. Hell look at US Democrats and Republicans. There's nothing inherently wrong with either and while they do occasionally get along and work together both sides inevitably conflict at some point. There's also the argument that we would learn from our mistakes which, I'm sad to say, is not likely either. 2,000 years of human civilization has taught us that. If we had learned anything about getting along in that time period we wouldn't still be getting into religious and territorial wars with each other today.

I am also always amazed at how people seem to have the need to think that Catalysts logic was supposed to be flawless. It's not and never was. His solution IS flawed. If it wasn't and what he was doing the right thing then that would defeat the whole purpose of the narrative. We were supposed to see that his logic was flawed and show him that although conflict will arise, we will take it in stride and work for a better tomorrow, together.