User blog comment:Mike Gilbert/Do you think the Reapers should keep their powers after Synthesis?/@comment-26516989-20130515224034/@comment-26516989-20130516234723

My point was that we don't know what Synthesis is. We don't know what effects it will have on the people of the galaxy. Any explanations are terribly vague.

There isn't any indication that Synthesis will brainwash people, because there isn't really any indication of what Synthesis will do to people at all.

About the Derelict Reaper we have to assume that it is truly dead. Speculation just doesn't work. The husks attacking you seem to be just a gameplay mechanic. I don't think that the Reaper has cages filled with Husks and it is releasing them at specific intervals. With the Eezo core it is probably a reflex. Say you touch a hot pan; you would pull your hand away immediately. The command is not routed to your brain first. It seems that the Eezo has a similar defense mechanism.

Also with the Reaper artifacts showing that the Reapers themselves do not control indoctrination. I think it is the material.