User blog comment:The Milkman/Indoctrination Theorists Say the Darndest Things, Part II/@comment-5830255-20121205074259/@comment-4721065-20121205081359

''Considering that the comics shows that Bioware's intent is for Shepard to do it, not some team of men. Or are we going to say Liara is not canonically the Shadow Broker if you didn't buy "LotSB"?''

If you didn't do the Shadow Broker, then it is explicitly said that she manages to achieve that without your help at the cost of Feron's life and some other mercenaries, JUST LIKE it is said that if you didn't do the Arrival, a team of marines does so and your War Assets take a hit.

Bioware also has done plenty of comics for its other series, Dragon Age, that occur in ONE possible set of events without making others non-canon, as they have explicitly said it many times. As such, your comic example and "Bioware's intent" appeal proves nothing, except for your limited knowledge of the company. Please, just have the intellectual honesty to admit that if Shepard gets indoctrinated with the Object Rho, then indoctrination is only possible for those that have done the DLC.