User blog comment:The Milkman/Indoctrination Theorists Say the Darndest Things, Part II/@comment-5830255-20121205071735/@comment-5830255-20121205220406

Milkman 1.Yes well then in that case saying the VI should've detected Shepard UNDERGOING indoctrination, not being indoctrinated mind you, is in fact just as speculative. All you need to know is the VI not flipping out over Shepard is not proof to the contrary.

2.Technically you have to suspend disbelief to think he wouldn't die in a literal ending, even more so than thinking it was intentionally weaker shots to avoid killing him.

Garhdo: What the heck are you talking about? Shepard is undergoing slow indoctrination, and Shepard's choice at the end is the moment where it finally succeeds... or not. According to IT anyways.