User blog comment:Damous/Why Bioware has NOT betrayed us/@comment-76.233.250.119-20120318022721

In my opinion, The reapers were the First Galactic Civilization's "Geth with AI implants". The Reapers destroyed their makers in battle but realized they could not  replicate their "true AI form" without alien dna because they are synthetic...(otherwise they would behave as the geth in mass effect 1 -can't make true Organic decisions- they wouldn't be alive). They fear little because of their advanced tech, great strength, and vast knowledge. They farm civilizations to keep the reaper numbers up and retain life- with no organics eventually they would die as well. The Crucible (blue prints) was a weapon created by the first civilization and others (prothean and etc...) to finally undo its biggest mistake. The catalyst is a Reaper(without a ship form) attempting to safe guard the super weapon of the ancients with (indoctrination attempts and etc). It took millions of years to finally end the cycle with the destruction decision. Shepard is not synthetic he/she just has robotic systems in his body to help sustain life (opening video of mass effect 2 after shepard's death) he would be in critical condition but not dead. The mass effect generators are destroyed but scientists are not, they could recreate FTL drives using the reapers body parts... Shepard and everybody in the galaxy could still live! It would be hard but Organics could make it in time- they aren't being picked off by reapers- disease and food is the new problem... Poor EDI and legion though... mass effects ending reminds me of the terminator movies...