User blog comment:HELO/Indoctrination or Not, It's Problematic/@comment-3527219-20120402073352

"'cus vaporizing him just will not work" - But they already tried that once (ME2 prologue) and it didn't work, only slowed him downa little :D Also for whatever reason the Reapers want Shepard alive, in the Arrival DLC when Object Rho knocks you out the indoctrinated Kenson says that.

My biggest problem with IT is pretty much what you mentioned in your post, and the fact Bioware writers aren't really known for subtlety or extreme cleverness...or continuity...or actual foreshadowing... So yeah, I don't think IT is true. However, I think Bioware should make it true, because even if they will lie and say "oh we planned it all along!" they would still get at least some of their fan base's respect back, and would probably earn more forgiveness in the long run. Sadly all press releases so far indicate that Bioware is still way too disconnected from the friends to see this.