User blog comment:Ygrain/The ending: there MUST be something more to it/@comment-86.26.199.36-20120704105947

There are too many inconsistencies within the endings, for example Ashley being in my squad for the final run then randomly appearing in the ending emerging from the Normandy when there were meant to be no survivors (how the heck did she get there in the Normandy even if she did survive?). Not to mention the "catalyst" (or child) constantly being shown in dreams is wierd. I think that child is something more sinister (you have another dream before the final stint on earth when your in bed sleeping with whoever. The dream is where you see someone holding the child... who is it? None other then yourself! And after embracing him what happens? You both smile evily and then you get engulfed in flames! This suggests to me that following and embracing the ideals of this "child/catalyst" will result in your destruction. Another point is that this child (who is meant to be an ancient part of the Citadel) implies that the Reapers are his solution whereas Sovereign states that the Reapers where in fact the ones who created the Citadel. I don't think that this "catalyst/child" is telling Shepard the truth about anything. When Shepard is shown to be alive in the destroy ending he is shown to be covered by rubble presumably on Earth. How does this make sense?? Shepard did not have kinetic barriers or even armor on; if he survived the explosion, he would have survived the fall to earth, let alone having no oxygen in space when falling. Also, it has been shown that trying to "control" the reapers as T.I.M tried will not help; you will be indoctrinated (T.I.M was strong-willed also). And the synthesis ending sounds remarkably like what the reapers are trying to achieve anyway (they are synthetic-organic constructs). The only option that doesn't sound bad and is actually what Shepard wanted all along is the destroy option. But overall, I don't think the choices matter. In my honest opinion I think the ending didn't take place and the beam from Harbinger that hit Shapard knock him unconscious and the Reaper's try to use this as one final attempt to indoctrinate Shepard; I mean why do you only wake up in the destroy ending? This doesn't explain the Star-gazer and that child right at the end... I don't know what the heck that was about lol.