I'm not a writer, it kind of just spilled out lol.GabeZhul said:@Kiardras:
That... wouldn't really work out. After all, if Harbringer could just "change his programming2 like that, why don't he change it so that he can destroy the citadel and the Catalyst? Or why doesn't he just wipe out ALL organic life so that they can never make the Crucible?
My theory would work a little better, since it would explain the biggest plothole leading up to the final battle: Why did the Reapers move the Citadel to Earth. They KNOW that the Crucible can, and if the opportunity is given, will destroy them, and that it needs the Catalyst to work. If they didn't do that, the council-races would never have been able to move that big-ass structure to the Citadel themselves.
However, if we presume that the Crucible was actually the final goal of the Reapers and that they actually wanted it to be joined with the Citadel to see if it would actually work, then yes, it would make a lot more sense...
Hmmm... Someone should totally turn this into a retconning fan-fic.
But yeah, your idea sounds a hell of a lot better than what we got.