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Shoolis wrote: However, I don't believe that Shepard would agree with such dichotomous choices. Considering Paragon Shepard generally wanted to save everyone ever, the paragon ending makes little sense since it involves killing the geth. lolwut Okay, lets take this from the top. Firstly, there is no Paragon/Renegade choice here. It's mapped to blue, red, and green, but that's not what any of them actually mean. The choices are Control, Synthesis, and Chaos. If you've talked to Javik often, he really references the Control aspect for synthetics and the Chaos aspect of organics quite often.
Control is "Blue", Shepard wants the best for Synthetics, and decides to control the Reapers. This means that the Citadel and Mass Relays are simply damaged and not destroyed. You're essentially allowing Reaper technology to continue to exist, along with synthetic life in general. This is problematic because if synthetics do attack organics, everyone is fucked because the Reapers are gone. However, Shepard could possibly come back in to fix the problem how he sees fit by controlling the Reapers. It's also entirely possible, due to Shepard's influence, for synthetics to create peace with organics, but it's possible they won't. (This is represented by The Illusive Man, because it's what he wanted. This does not make it the evil choice. No matter what, TIM would have wanted to control the Reapers, he just happened to be indoctrinated for their purposes. The Reapers present very real solutions to their own problem during indoctrination, the problem is they use this motivation to make the person go after their own instead of the Reapers. TIM's solution IS the best for humanity that he would have known. It's semi-implied that Shepard also takes control of ALL Synthetic life, but that's up to debate so.)
Synthesis is "Green", Shepard (a half synthetic life-form) merges himself with the Crucible, and the blast alters all DNA into a mix of synthetic and organic. This breaks the Reaper cycle, and destroys all Reaper tech. However, everyone (synthetic or otherwise) is now partially synthetic/organic. Synthetics will no longer be a large threat to organics because everyone is one and the same. The races of the galaxy now are able to create their own path without needing the Reapers. (This is represented by Shepard himself, because Shepard is the only one who can do this. He's one of the few truly organic/synthetic mixes in the galaxy. He is bodaciously the only one who can make that choice. It's the best option for all life, forever.)
Chaos is "Red", Shepard does his mission and kills The Reapers, at the cost of the all VI or AI technology. This also destroys all Reaper tech in the galaxy. This does NOT break the cycle, but also destroys all forms of synthetic life, which gives organics more time. Shepard has made a large impact on the galaxy as a whole, so his influence MIGHT mean that synthetics do not wipe out all organic life, but it's a big might. (This is represented by Anderson simply because it's what he would do. That's his option. He'd rather get rid of the Reapers as a whole than risk controlling them. No matter what the cost would be, he'd pick organic life over synthetic in a heart beat.)
These options do not always appear. If you EMR is too low, then you're super fucked. These options are directly linked with how finished The Crucible is. Low EMR? Crucible is hardly finished, and the energy kills fucking everyone due to not having the proper construction done for it NOT to. High EMR? You get the three choices, and all organics (and synthetics if you don't pick chaos) survive unscathed.
so from what i'm hearing (your squad died, you think chaos is the paragon option) you got like the lowest fucking possible score.
so your shit ending is really mostly your fault.
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