How I am retconning Synthesis so it still works
Dec 11, 2020 23:35:50 GMT
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Post by explorerclass on Dec 11, 2020 23:35:50 GMT
Hello!
I know most people hare the synthesis ending but for me it was the only one that felt appropriate to pick given what I learned about over the trilogy.
Be warned; I will say “Shepard did” and “Shepard says”
This is about the Shepard’s I control, so if something seems off it’s probably just because of a play through difference.
Anyway, it’s looking most likely that destroy is officially the canon ending. Personally I have absolutely no love for it. Shepard is my hero, why would he kill the Geth and EDI when there is a better way?
Well, for me, the next ME is post synthesis. This post will retcon synthesis, but not so much so that it ruins my Shepard’s story.
Shepard spent years learning about AI. Bonding with them like Legion and EDI. He would never sacrifice the innocent Geth rebuilding their home. It’s just not morally acceptable. And destroy risks organics too. Anyone sick and hurting. Shepard doesn’t stand for that and couldn’t forgive it.
What happened though, in my retconned headcanon.
Shepard picked synthesis, merging all synthetic and organic life...in the long run. All this did was spread some nanobots into the air, which organic life will live with and communicate with to get powers similar to SAM (except personal, not using another life form).
However this didn’t necessarily affect the first generation. It will take time.
Catalyst did the same thing. Spread its code thin like legion, across all synthetics. However, this powerful upgrade shut down a lot of synthetics. They aren’t dead, only sleeping. They can be reactivated (which will either happen if destroy is retconned and Geth are rebuilt, or not happen but I can imagine it will post game).
The initial beam and green eyes is either just retconned; or our first interaction with this new ‘air’ around us and went away.,
Help me build on this if you’d like, tell me what you like.
Please don’t come in with a whole ending debate this isn’t about that. If you’re a destroy fan; you already win, destroy is canon, so please let me have this coping mechanism. Heaven knows Reddit chased me out for trying.
I know most people hare the synthesis ending but for me it was the only one that felt appropriate to pick given what I learned about over the trilogy.
Be warned; I will say “Shepard did” and “Shepard says”
This is about the Shepard’s I control, so if something seems off it’s probably just because of a play through difference.
Anyway, it’s looking most likely that destroy is officially the canon ending. Personally I have absolutely no love for it. Shepard is my hero, why would he kill the Geth and EDI when there is a better way?
Well, for me, the next ME is post synthesis. This post will retcon synthesis, but not so much so that it ruins my Shepard’s story.
Shepard spent years learning about AI. Bonding with them like Legion and EDI. He would never sacrifice the innocent Geth rebuilding their home. It’s just not morally acceptable. And destroy risks organics too. Anyone sick and hurting. Shepard doesn’t stand for that and couldn’t forgive it.
What happened though, in my retconned headcanon.
Shepard picked synthesis, merging all synthetic and organic life...in the long run. All this did was spread some nanobots into the air, which organic life will live with and communicate with to get powers similar to SAM (except personal, not using another life form).
However this didn’t necessarily affect the first generation. It will take time.
Catalyst did the same thing. Spread its code thin like legion, across all synthetics. However, this powerful upgrade shut down a lot of synthetics. They aren’t dead, only sleeping. They can be reactivated (which will either happen if destroy is retconned and Geth are rebuilt, or not happen but I can imagine it will post game).
The initial beam and green eyes is either just retconned; or our first interaction with this new ‘air’ around us and went away.,
Help me build on this if you’d like, tell me what you like.
Please don’t come in with a whole ending debate this isn’t about that. If you’re a destroy fan; you already win, destroy is canon, so please let me have this coping mechanism. Heaven knows Reddit chased me out for trying.
Its never too late. LOL.