Things that don't make sense (v2)

I just saw this thread. Wow. I am honored. I am posting here again.

I usually heal those scars first chance I get though.  

In the MELE cutscene after hearing the comm about evacuating the Council, we now clearly see the Destiny Ascension escaping into open space as the Citadel arms start to close behind it and Sovereign slips through the arms. It is clear of any fire at that point. Why then is the Destiny Ascension in such peril when the Alliance Fleet arrives? Why didn't it just keep heading away from the Citadel air space? It should have easily been long gone before Shepard is even free from the elevator. This is not a choice Shepard should have had to make at all.

Well anyone with common sense should realize what you said is a good idea. Luring Enemies away from the leadership would be important and let them escape. it is like the asari wanted them to die within the crossfire.

As Shepard said, Have the asari ever won a war? Look at ME3, T'soni supposedly found the plans, but for some reason fails to send a copy to Hackett. There's the asari species failing to reveal something they have that might help the war effort. What's next? In ME4, the asari decide to abandon a colony just as it comes under attack? It would seem the asari species could be compared to Leviathan. They suffered from politician syndrome, the big head, believing everything they do and say without giving any thought to the possible consequences. I wonder if there was a species like the asari in past cycles that did the same nonsense.  Maybe they spend too much time with the stripper poles. Hmmm. Is it possible the stripper poles are indoctrinating the asari? Now there's something you could use for one of your ideas.

Considering, for example, most police have body cams or dash cams now in 2021, I found it a bit strange that there wasn't easy recording or footage taken from Shepard or another squad member's helmet during the conversation with Sovereign on Virmire to show the Council. No footage of missions makes it convenient for the council to insist this is all just Shepard dreaming. Another annoying thing that doesn't make sense is how the Council admits the Reapers are real at the end of ME1 (if you save them) and then go back to claiming the Reapers are nonsense in ME2.

Why do you get medi-gel as "loot" for killing geth, and other synthetics, in ME1? Never made sense to me.

And why is there medi-gel on the Heretic Station? And how is it you can "heal" Legion or EDI with medi-gel? (I know why from a gameplay perspective, but lore wise that never made sense.)

I'm going to make some points without discussion of the epilogue, because you're talking about a decision Shepard has to make without knowing what will happen.

Regarding Synthesis:
1. Shepard only has the Catalyst's word on what will happen
2. The Catalyst says that organics and synthetics can't live together in peace, and if you've brokered peace between the Geth and Quarians then you've already proven him wrong, so what is the point of Synthesis and why trust the Catalyst?
3. There is no guarantee of peace, despite what the Catalyst says, just peace between synthetics and organics and only because there will no longer be such a thing as synthetics or organics anymore. There will only be hybrids, and hybrids can still war with each other.
4. Assuming that the Catalyst is right and that there will be peace, the only reason there is peace is because of forced homogeneity.
5. Shepard's stated goal throughout the entire series is the destruction of the Reapers. Not co-mingling with the Reapers, not sharing technology, and definitely not Saren's ideal of making himself "more machine now than man." (Had to get my Obi Wan quote in.) From the very first game, Shepard has said that he needs to destroy the Reapers. The only option that fits Shepard's goal is Destroy.

Regarding the Krogan and the genopage:
1. We know that the Krogan Rebellions lasted decades and that it was because of an unchecked population boom post-Rachni War.
2. Because of the nature of Krogan physiology (biotics, long life, and backup organs), the Rebellions were especially violent. They used asteriods as weapons and rendered three Turian worlds uninhabitable. And because of the high Krogan birth rate, they essentially have unlimited troops.
3. EDI tells us that a Krogan female can give birth to 1,000 eggs, and if that birth rate remains stable, that over 10 million Krogan can be birthed in single generation.
4. We know from Mordin that the genophage is not a sterility plague, but a method used to reduce the Krogan population to pre-spaceflight numbers.
5. We know from Wrex that the Krogan themselves have no interest in curing the genophage.
6. We know from Mordin that the Krogan have demonstrated no interest in concentrating on breeding to keep population numbers stable. The violent nature of the Krogan is borne out is every codex entry and almost every conversation you overhear between Krogan. From the Mass Effect wiki: "Given the prodigious krogan birth rate, it would appear that the enormously violent nature of krogan culture is actually responsible for their dwindling numbers."
7. It's irresponsible to assume that the very nature of the Krogan culture will change because of Wrex and Eve. The blood rage isn't going away, nor will the need to fight a thresher maw to become an adult.
8. Assuming Wrex and Eve are alive in ME3, what's to stop Wrex from being killed by another warlord or clan that isn't taking too kindly to restrictions on birth rates? We shouldn't forget that Wrex's own father tried to kill him, so there's no reason another clan won't try.
8. The safest assumption Shepard can make is that sure, he can cure the genophage, but that once the Reaper threat is dealt with, the galaxy will likely have another problem of what to do with the ever-increasing Krogan population. So, the exact same ingredients that led to the Rebellions in the first place.

So why choose Destroy and also choose to sabotage the cure? Because they're two very different choices with very different results, and the thought process that leads to a conclusion is more than just "but you're violating bodily autonomy." Or at least it should be.

Welp, thanks for living down to expectations and replying to exactly one point. Why did you even bother asking?

I didn't, because you have a habit of editing after posting.


I guess that's as good an argument for Refusal as any.

And since you're cherry-picking my argument with one thing you don't like then I'm out. Don't ask questions if you don't want an answer.