User blog comment:AdmiralPedro1stFleet/Goodbye Indoctrination and Hello Beings of Light/@comment-81.57.66.16-20130102021403

Just finished ME3 and liked the emotional impact of the ending. But something did feel...off. So I started digging like most of you. I really do like the indoctrinated theory, but I'm also fond of the being of life theory. Actually, both could be true.

Although I'm a fan of the latter, which was objectively emphasized by Jessica Merizan in her Tweet (https://twitter.com/JessicaMerizan/status/189420195968847873), the theory was challenged by the new ending brought by the Extended Edition, in which you refuse to break the cycle and let the Reapers harvest planet earth. What's confusing about it is that, for a single sentence, the Catalyst sounds like the Harbinger ("so be it" he says), which leads to the conclusion that he is obviously connected with the Reapers. How can you explain this then ? Doesn't this actually support the Indoctrination Theory ?

All of these theories are pretty far fetched but both hold potential for follow up episodes or DLC's. Perhaps there's a little bit of truth in both.