User blog comment:Lovable Sociopath/Coming to terms with the Mass Effect 3 ending/@comment-24174486-20120902001435/@comment-899316-20120902002514

This blog was written prior to the release of the extended cut, when the effects of the Crucible were intentionally made ambiguous. Interpretations of its effects pre-EC were as numerous as the people who had them. It could very easily been interpreted as a "deathray" in some cases, literally in a low-asset Destroy ending, or indirectly in other endings via the seeming annihilation of the Relay Network. Now that we have the Extended Cut, things such as this have been made quite a bit clearer, and thus the ending was made more enjoyable for many people, myself included. Perhaps even the OP is now content with the ending?