That's always the vibe I got. No one knows they're indoctrinated and why would the game keep bringing it up?

I hate those knockoffs. We need a true reupload without the audio skips.

I think after Shepard gets hit with the laser is when hes getting Indocrinated( Basically we are seeing his mind).

@@Tyrik73 I got hit by the giant laser in that base and it made me game over. Why didn't it game over when I took a giant laser in a cut-scene? Some sort of armor against it?

The real cope is BioWare ran out of time to make the ending they wanted, so they went with the placeholder we got. At least according to the devs.

@gamesthatiplay9083 Harbinger wasn't trying to Kill You but Brainwash You I think

So you want everyone to be happy with and settle for the terrible endings the devs excreted like you have. You do you. Let others enjoy the greater possibilities of storytelling.

@@BladeStrike I've always gone with what fortune and fate dealt me I don't have to be happy about it but it is what it is and without truth the very essence of meaning of life is pointless what they excreted LOL it's what they gave us and it will have to stand for the test of time possibilities are just that possibilities but it'll never change the ending it'll never change what was.

>Destiny logo Opinion discarded. Go have shit taste elsewhere, simp.

Prior to the Extended Cut ending we assumed and hoped that the DLC would include Shepard waking up after choosing destroy and you would have to fight your way to the control center where you would activate the SINGLE FUNCTION crucible and it would kill the Reapers as intended. Post EC DLC? Here's my thoughts. One of the main themes of ME is that Shepard, as amazing of a soldier as they are, is a mere individual in a war of galactic scale. Your real merit goes beyond your combat skills, its in the way you unite, and develop/mentor those around you into leading. Consider that in a war the most impressive soldier might be absent for the final battle, or a stray round could take out even the most skilled and aware. The reason you don't hear any fighting when you wake up from the indoctrination attempt is that regardless of what Shepard chose in those final moments in their head, their team (who had internalized his message of victory at all costs, even at personal sacrifice) has already won the day. While you were unconscious and presumed dead, being personally targeted by the Reapers in an attempt to indoctrinate their most significant threat, your team pressed on without you to the beam, took the Citadel, and finished the fight. An individual soldier can win countless battles, but a leader can steer the course of history. It's poetic justice that even unconscious, Shepard had instilled his mindset into enough of his allies to spur them on to victory even without you there to guide them. You got them to the 1 yard line, they took it the rest of the way. Or as Garrus said, "May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead." Even buried in rubble unconscious, the Reapers still had reason to fear the effect of Shepard.

Agreed

Ikr. WAAYYY too much lines up. The novels mentioning the deep growl that happens when someone rejects indoctrination. Or the Rachni Queen's oily shadow description is what sells it for me.

*DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM*

... What?

I would like to know what happened with author of this video though. Why they disappeared suddenly, what happened with them, who is behind that?

Remember, than it isn't a canonical theory. It can't answer on the all questions after mission "Cerberus HQ". Only old endings (before DLC Extented Cut)

I don't believe in the theory anymore. The Extended Cut ending did debunk a lot of stuff. But the more I play Mass Effect 3, it's quite clear that the Destroy ending is the correct choice.There is tons of hints and foreshadowing throughout the game for Destroy/to pick that. The other two options, not so much. The only ones for Control or even Synthesis are villain characters. Pretty much ALL "good" characters are for Destroy.