User blog comment:Tiredman2/Mass Effect Plot Holes and Contradictions/@comment-1679409-20120826182837/@comment-4973403-20120826232947

According to some of the backstories on this wiki (Saren, Illusive Man) it looked like the Turians were going to be the race that was going to "ascend" to reaperhood. After the Battle of the Citadel, it seems that they changed their minds. Although if humans were going to be the ascended race, why is it that only humans were turned into husks, and not something a little more formidable?