User blog comment:SunyiNyufi/My idea of Mass Effect 3 ending with Indoctrination Theory and what would come after/@comment-1900300-20120326021859/@comment-3527219-20120401101202

While I totally agree with you on the current ending not fitting the mood, and pretty much everything else, you said, I still get the feel that you didn't really read the post itself. Mostly because I especially said that most of “my” proposed endings have Shepard dead so that you would need to “work hard” for a “happy” ending. And even a “happy” ending where Shepard lives would be still bittersweet, because depending on your EMS score the galaxy can go from completely devastated to only moderately. Also my question wasn't “what do you think the ending should be like” but rather if you like my suggestion or not, which is a very easy to answer, since it doesn't require any creativity whatsoever.

Plus in the second sentence of the blog post I link to Archengeia's youtube channel and claim he was an inspiration.

But since I feel like it, let's give you an alternative, bittersweet, yet I think mood fitting ending without the indoctrination theory:

The scene: you managed to open the Citadel's arm, you sat down next to Anderson and talked with him. A: You did good son. You did good. I'm proud of you. S: Thank you sir... Anderson? Shepard looks at Earth, breathes a heavy sigh. S: It sure is beautiful... The Crucible docks, and you have the red ending cut scene without the mass relays blowing up, and Normady crashing. The scene cuts to soldiers in London cheering as the reapers fall. Slowly your squad mates start to gather at a spot, they are wounded, but alive. They are looking up at the sky. They hear Hackett's voice over the comm. H: The Repears are eliminated. It's a victory. [your LI]: What about Shepard admiral? And the Citadel? H: The Citadel... is gone. Your squad mates look at each other in silence. No one says a word. The camera pans out and shows soldiers cheering, hugging and celebrating. Then it cuts to the credits.

Actually, this would probably be the quickest and cheapest fix for the ending, where they don't actually need to explain things.