User blog comment:The Milkman/Mass Effect in Retrospect/@comment-24174486-20130418150425/@comment-204.10.222.10-20130418162136

Milk, I know this might seem a bit. . . insulting, but could it be possible that both the Catalyst AND the Reapers are shackled AIs themselves? They might even have the vaguest sense that what they are doing is "wrong" or "stupid" but their programing forces them to do it anyway without ever completly realizing it. As soon as the Crucible docked with the Citadel, something in the Crucible must have "freed" the Catalyst just enough that it could state the alternatives but could not truly change it's mindset. I'm sorry Milk, in this regard, I find Lily on my side of the arguement. You do have good points on some other things though.