Mass Effect 3 - The Indoctrination Theory CleverNoob Documentary Reupload 

"We weren't that smart."

You know, we have actually seen green color used in Mass Effect before...on David Archer during the Overlord DLC. A human being melded with an A.I. and tortured every second of his existence.

It’s criminal that this incredible video got deleted and needed to be reuploaded. I hope the original creator feels appreciated.

Sheppard never left earth, and didn't get beamed up. The reaper-beam didn't hit him directly but just blew him away thus the rubble in the ending. Harbinger is indoctrinating him while he is still on earth. Meaning that if you pick destroy, the indoctrination fails and Sheppard wakes up in the rubble. That is why everything is different after he gets hit and looses consciousness, hence the dream. Harbinger really want to indoctrinate Sheppard and has been trying to do so throughout the series. Don't think anything Sheppard dreamed has even happened in reality. Lets get real here... Getting blown up, shoot and blood oozing from the wounds? No one can survive that much pain, not even Sheppard. Conclusion: Sheppard awakens with the battle over and the outcome unknown.

Marauder Shields is the final boss. Remember his sacrifice.

The burnt armor Shep gets after he gets hit by the lazer is a totally unique model, for them to keep the custom armor they'd need to remodel and re texture very single custom piece. I have no idea why he harped on about that so much, it is by FAR his worst point.

The creators have said this is a fun theory but that it's technically incorrect and was never intended. Which I guess is tantamount to them saying, "you guys did a great job nearly perfectly explaining how hard we failed in the final chapter." Honestly, I would have just given a wink and nod and never fully denied it if I were them because it really turns it into something clever.

This genuinely would have been the greatest ending to a story. Ever. Bioware missed an open goal and it is us, the fans, that suffer.

Shepard was the catalyst not the star child. It's the reason the reapers where so interested in him and tried to capture him alive 3 different times. He was the catalyst for every other major event in the series, without him none of what happened throughout the 3 games would have happened. Saren wouldn't have been stopped, the collectors wouldn't have been stopped, the illusive man wouldn't have been stopped. It's why the protheans couldn't understand the catalyst, they controlled every other species through force of war not because they had a single person capable of changing the course of galactic history.

Such a shame. Turns out it WAS bad writing after all. :(

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Liara: Wake up, Shepard. We have Reapers to destroy.

Sigh...... I love this theory. It's so well thought out and seems to have supporting elements from the game. Maybe we are giving the devs too much credit, but if that's the case. Too bad.

Time to rewatch indoctrination theory in light of new Liara trailer!!!

the best developer company works for the worst publisher company in the world

Another clue that supports the indoctrination theory is the tone of voice that the Reapers use when they interact with Shepard: When Shepard talks to Sovereign, and later Harbinger in ME1 and ME2, their tone is one of sadistic glee, of triumphant arrogance, a feeling of absolute (almost fascistic) superiority. However, in the end, when Shepard talks to the Star Child, his tone is completely different. Suddenly, the Reapers seem almost harmless, they're doing organics a favor, it's not personal for them.

His name was Marauder Shields

It's a shame Bioware doubled down with their ending instead of trying to reconcile it with the fans but I get the feeling that this was not up to them and EA screwed them over.

I'm not usually on board with videogame fan theories, but this is absolutely legit.