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\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"But Shepard can think differently. Shepard can decide that the geth deserve death.\\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'

Actually if you let the Geth die, the only thing that Shepard does is say \\\"I\\\'m sorry\\\". They don\\\'t do anything else until Legion attacks, and even then Shepard is hesitant to shoot him. That doesn\\\'t sound like what would happen if they decided the Geth deserved death.

Shepard\\\'s put into a situation where they can\\\'t save everyone, so it all comes down to whichever they consider to be a more valuable asset, not whichever deserves death. In both outcomes Shepard shows regret for writing off the other group.

\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\"You\\\'re trying to take your opinions of the games\\\' morals and say that all players should be forced through them.\\\"\\\'\\\'\\\'

How?! How am I doing that?! All I have ever done is take the information given in the game and explain why it\\\'s incompatible with the ending, and so far all I\\\'ve gotten in return is being yelled at because \\\"it\\\'s just my interpretation\\\" even though interpretation has \\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\' to do with this.

There is \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' interpretive and \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'nothing\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' metaphorical about the themes present in the games. They are blatantly said and demonstrated a million times throughout the entire series. Even Renegade Shepard follows these values to some extent, they just accomplish them through intimidation instead of diplomacy.

\\\"Interpreting\\\" it so that these messages are irrelevant just weakens the entire story. This is like reading {{Dune}} and saying all the Aesops about politics and religion don\\\'t matter.
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