Quote Originally Posted by kamikasei View Post
Yep. The author of that article assumes that the problem is that fans aren't aware of the "esoteric astrobiology" the authors were taking for granted. Well, no... I am aware of it. It's just not brought in to the story in any way. If that's really what they wanted the ending to be about then that makes their failure greater.
Know what else is science fiction? Time travel. So if we are taking out of source ideas and applying them to mass effect...

THEN MARAUDER SHIELDS AND THE THREE HUSKETEERS ARE ACTUALLY GARRUS, JOKER AND BOTH ASHLEY AND KAIDEN FROM A TWO DIFFERENT FUTURES WHERE SYNTHESIS IS ACTUALLY THE HUSKING PROCESS!!!