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If you know the person that said this in real life, can you please smack him in the face from me.
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If you know the person that said this in real life, can you please smack him in the face from me.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned squallsdead.com yet!
That was the original Indoctrination Theory that had everyone talking and speculating.
Heck, it was probably its inspiration.
That was the original Indoctrination Theory that had everyone talking and speculating.
Heck, it was probably its inspiration.
I'm not so sure. I mean, I'm not about to stand here with a straight face and tell you that the ending to ME3 was good. Not absolutely terrible in my opinion, and certainly a lot better now with the Extended Cut, but still definitely one of the weakest moments of the series overall. However, that said, I feel it was let down mainly due to rushed execution, rather than the ideas behind it being fundamentally flawed and having no place in the Mass Effect universe. Had they had more time to think it through, with the whole team involved, and to polish it before release I think it would have actually been much better than what I've heard about the originally planned 'Dark Energy' ending.Ed130 said:
For one, people complained that the ending pulled an unnecessary and overly complicated twist in the last few minutes, and the Dark Energy ending certainly doesn't avoid that particular problem because it's doing exactly the same thing. Having a new plot point jump right the fuck out of nowhere (and before anyone says it, no, one tiny sub-plot that barely anyone remembered from one level in Mass Effect 2 does not count as adequate foreshadowing, especially when compared to the tension between organic and synthetic life being a significant theme right from the get go) in order to twist the role of the Reapers into "but we're just trying to help" in the last minutes of the series.
Secondly, people also complained that the ending choices were too oppressively bleak and, more importantly, didn't resolve anything. Again, from what I've heard about what the final choice in the Dark Energy ending was going to be, it sounds even worse. Basically, you had to choose between letting the Reapers win, dooming yourself and everyone you care about, along with trillions of other people, making everything you fought for worth naught, in the vain hope that your sacrifice will be enough for the Reapers to solve the crisis before the whole Galaxy explodes (despite the fact this plan has so far, after millions and millions of cycles repeating it, not worked); or alternatively, you could destroy the Reapers, beginning a race against time for the survivors to somehow, in the next century or so, reach a point of technological advancement so great that they are able to solve the problem that even the Reapers couldn't, which is probably not going to happen, meaning everyone will die anyway. Just like the Star Child endings, both these options are utterly depressing, and, worst of all, whatever you decide for the Galaxy, the main point of resolution that this entire series had supposedly been building up to (namely Dark Energy fucking up the Universe) is left unresolved. Yeah, you think people would have been left satisfied with that?
A lot of people are forgetting that the whole reason Hudson and Walters changed the ending at the last minute is because that when fans saw the leaked 'Dark Energy' script, they hated it.
TL;DR: The Mass Effect endings weren't all that good to say the least, but based on what I've seen I think the 'Dark Energy' idea would actually have been even worse.
Anyway, on topic... I'm not sure it really counts as a conspiracy theory, but I've always liked the idea that all the protagonists from the Elder Scrolls games are in some way distantly descended from one another, and the whole idea of having a 'destiny' is hereditary. Even if you have protagonists from vastly different races, it's ok because I don't think it's ever explained what would happen if, for example, a Nord and a Dunmer had a child. Would it be Nord, or Dunmer, or something entirely new? If I remember correctly. Bretons and Bosmer both started out as cross-breeds of men and elves, and that Imperials descended from Nords. So you never know, perhaps your Argonian from Oblivion is actually the great great great great uncle, or something, of your Altmer from Skyrim.
