User blog comment:AdmiralPedro1stFleet/Goodbye Indoctrination and Hello Beings of Light/@comment-65.87.105.3-20120727160544/@comment-153.107.97.168-20130617021320

Also with the addition of Leviathan i have become skeptical whether the reapers actually were indoctrinating the Rachni since there weren't ravagers reported at the time. Indoctrination doesn't mean you're going to turn into some sort of Reaper mutation. It just means you succumb under their control.

Remember according to 1. The codex and 2. Recounts of so many other characters who were indoctrinated - THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE INDOCTRINATED TILL THE VERY LAST MOMENTS. Also, it wouldn't make sense for Ravagers to be around while the Rachni were being indoctrinated. Why would you need to create abominations of Rachni to control, when you can already, just control them? Why go the extra step?

''Catalysts words to shepard "It is now in your power to destroy us. But be warned: others will be destroyed as well. The Crucible will not discriminate. All synthetics will be targeted. Even you are partly synthetic..." Nowhere in there did it tell shepard you will die. It's a warning'' Urm... yes. It just said Shep was going to die. Even you are partly synthetic.This phrase CLEARLY and BLATANTLY just mentioned that Shep will die, 'cause the blast targets all synthetics, and Shep's apparently part synthetic thanks to the upgrades in ME2. This is either 1. A lie to convince Shep NOT to choose destroy by tapping into the human instinct of self-preservation (also hinted by the Renegade colours, spiteful tone of the Starkid etc) or 2.Starchild knows Shep 'dies' in any of the situations, but destroy doesn't benefit them the most.

The thing with the physically impossible perfect ending scene with Shep living - there is no other explanation for this other than he/she was indoctrinated, overcame it during the next 20 mins in the Citadel and then woke up into reality. Why is this the only logical reason? 1. NO ONE SURVIVES THE REAPER BEAM so he/she'd be fried before even reaching the Citadel, so all the events must have happened when Shep was in a 'near death state' if he/she even survived, hence his/her mind was vulnerable for the indoctrination attempt 2. Anderson getting up into the Citadel after Shep. There's been much arguement saying this is actually possible but no it's not. Keeping this piece of evidence short, please, answer this question for me: Why is there only ONE entrance to the final room where the control panel's in? Furthermore, TIM enters AFTER Shep and Anderson (how the frick did he get into the Citadel first place as well) in the SAME ENTRANCE SHEP CAME THROUGH. If the walls were shifting/moving like Anderosn said, why don't we see this? And TIM could enter from a totally different palce into te control panel but he doesn't. Or maybe... it's all in Shep's head that they're there in the first place. 3. The whole Starchild encounter. Firstly, why is the Catalyst a little kid? Why did it take the form of a little kid? Why wasn't it an AI like the other protean AIs we've encountered, or a sphere thing like Glyph. Further starkid analysis can be seen towards the most recent comments to this article. 4. Even is Shep did get the perfect destroy ending again, HOW DID HE/SHE SURVIVE? Shep got blasted to bits by the Crucible/Citadel AND if that didn't kill Shep, being flung out into space would, like we saw in ME2 (Shep isn't even wearing a helmet. On thaaaa note.... What happended to his/her armour? And before you say 'Oh it got burned when Harbinger blasted Shep with the laser [brings me back - how is Shep still alive?]- We see Shep with his/her helmet on in the perfect ending where he/she wakes up. Furthermore it has an N7 tag on it, making it exclusively Shep's. Where did that come from?

Anyway thats my speculation on the IT and I am proud to accept it as my true ending. The development of the IT theory in the first place also makes me proud to be part of this fanbase as well :3