Cocaine's a hell of a drug...*insert goofy Rick James chuckle*BloatedGuppy said:Well who knows what a bunch of godlike, immortal, organic-synthetic hybrids start to think about when left to their own devices on the edge of the universe. Nothing good, I bet. They came up with that idiotic cycle idea the first time around. All I'm saying is that 'Shepard's Will" will cease to have any relevance or meaning in fairly short order.RJ 17 said:Really it's hard to say what would happened, as it is Shepard's essence and will that becomes the will of the Reapers. As such, the very nature of the Reapers would change (assuming everything is on the up-and-up and Shepard does indeed gain full control over the Reapers). It would no longer be in their most basic nature to carry on the genocide and harvesting, their most basic nature would become whatever Shepard wants it to be. It's not like the Reapers would forever be saying "We'll do what you want...but we REALLY just wanna go back to harvesting..." and finally Shepard eventually breaks down and lets them get back to business. The question is can someone's will - existing without even their "mind" - be changed without outside influence.
But this conversation is going wwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy into the realm of post-game speculation that none of us can say for certain what would happen.
As to speculation, when you design your ending to provoke "LOTS OF SPECULATION" you're fashioning the rod for your own back. At least this is more entertaining speculation than "What the fuck were they thinking" or "Was Casey Hudson on cocaine?".
I do agree, though, that speculating about this type of stuff is fun and does provide more entertainment than the actual ending. I'm just saying that I'm in the Literal Interpretation camp and as such proceed under the assumption that all the endings work as they are described. Even so, I still pick Red, because like I said: you must stay the course and fly true as an arrow. Your two superior officers, Hackett and Anderson, keep saying "YES THEY DESERVE TO DIE! AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!!!" so who am I to argue? To put it in Halo terms, it's time to finish the fight. Show no mercy, for you shall be given none. Kill those rat-bastard Reapers and be done with it forever.