User blog comment:The Milkman/Mass Effect in Retrospect/@comment-65.185.166.118-20130419005030

Star child always bothered me. I see him at the very beginning, I look down on the balcony and see him just before Anderson tells me to "shoot the husks." I see him in the ventilation shaft and then I see him boarding a shuttle. Is it logical to assume that this kid either ran ahead of 2 N7 Marines or followed them through a huge city being attacked?

Then the catalyst takes his shape. The only logical conclusion is that the Reapers where either in Shepard's mind and could pull out the memory of this kid, or that the Reapers where in Shepard's mind and placed the child there. Whether that is evidence of an indoctrination ending or not, it's a confusing plot element.

I can't understand the insistence on trilogies in media, an Empire Strikes Back ending in which Earth was lost would have been better in my mind. Except for the ending, I can forgive the rest of the problems mentioned in this blog. Especially since the character development in 2 was excellent.