User blog comment:The Milkman/No Love For Leviathan?/@comment-4947725-20120918053701/@comment-4237253-20120921041348

Well, I'm not saying its entirely new, I just didn't feel it was used enough throughout the story. Also, "salvation through destruction" can and even may have allude/alluded to the original Dark Energy plot, which would have kept the conflict more focused. Now, I'm not saying I don't like the "Organic Apex and eventual self-annihilation" conflict, I'm just saying it wasn't there enough. You could certainly say there's traces of it, but not nearly as much as the main "Stop the Reapers" conflict. Most of, but not all, of the trilogy was about stopping the Reapers. A lot of, but not all, of the final dialogue in the game addresses the Catalyst's problem. We can put as much weight into it as we want, sure, but it's involvement, even if minimal, is a problem. I'm not saying I disagree with BioWare's artistic vision, I'm just saying they didn't implement it correctly; the trilogy never reached its true potential.

I like the symbolism you mentioned about the three characters (a lot more than the IT symbolism). Again however, I think self-annihilation needed to be resounded more throughout the series. That's what upset people, though they may not know it. Most didn't notice that theme, and that's not entirely their fault. It wasn't at the forefront for most of the game, but it is important in the ending, along with the other two you mentioned. If it got just a wee bit more attention, the whole thing would have been a lot more enjoyable, and BioWare wouldn't have gave those cupcakes away to charity.