User blog comment:Dam1730/Not the Ending we were Expecting/@comment-66.54.238.14-20120312195022

From what i gathered on blogs and what other people speculated. I think the perfect ending is the true ending. Which of course is picking the red option.

It appears that shepard didnt crash back to earth after the citidel choice, he never went up to the citadel. As the shepard they showed appears to be the shepard that got hit by the beam from the reaper.

Everything afterwards is a dream, cause logically how did anyone else get on the Normandy, they were all on the ground with you on this mission. The three people that were chosen at the end seem to be like "joker" because hes the pilot, g/f choice (unless its someone that isnt playable) and the person you brought on the most missions with.

the ending with the stargazer is just telling you that all n all shepard does stop the reapers, but dlc for more adventures. its like how do you get shepard in ME3 if he died in your import in 2 for those who dont believe in true endings. Everyone else who doesnt get that ending with shepard at the end failed and human race and other advanced species became future reapers lol.

I think thats why they also begin the game before the cerebus raid to give you a chance to get more paragaon/renegade needed.