A dream of an end

Now I know many many many fans have written their own perfect ending to ME3, but allow me to write a quick overview of an ending with multiple options for the choices you made. I hope to present a reasonable and logical ending to one of my favorite sci-fi series ever.

*SPOILER*

Nothing changes up to the exact moment when Hacket informs Shepard that the crucible is not firing.
Shepard is then offered both a paragon and renegade trigger option, paragon being disable reapers renegade being transfer control to the citadel console. There is no god child ultimatum.

Shepard will lunge and hit the decided button and collapse to the floor. Shepard will then receive a call from Hacket informing Shepard that the crucible worked. If Shepard's war assets were at a certain level the player will receive one of three endings.

Outcome 1)
If assets are very low and readiness is 60 percent or lower Shepard will exclaim it's finally over and a montage of all of the player's key decisions will play highlighting their choices and their impact. Shepard will then turn and look at the skyline of earth that he/she saved and close his/her eyes as Shepard hears shouts of victory from the fleet and the ground forces as Shepard dies. Your crew and some of the forces that were on earth will then come upon Shepard's body in the control room, having traveled through the beam, and your love interest will collapse crying and morn your dead body. If no love interest was pursued Coats will then compose your dead body and instruct others around him to get gurneys so they can remove Shepard, Anderson, and The Illusive Man. We will then cut to a funeral where Shepard's love interest and/or Admiral Hacket will give speeches speaking of Shepard and all his/her accomplishments and giving a final testament to his/her legacy (the speech will vary accordingly to Shepard's paragon renegade orientation throughout the games). If Shepard had pursued no love interest Hacket will give the entire speech. If Shepard had a background that involved him/her having parents Shepard will be shown being buried next to his/her mother and or father's tombstone. Following this a series of cinematics will play finally highlighting the impact of Shepard's final choices that he/she made and their impact on the galaxy following his/her death. You will then receive a final cinematic of the galaxy map with your Shepard standing facing the camera as he/she did at the conclusion of Mass Effect one. A text prompt will appear informing the player that Shepard has become a legacy to the galaxy and will be remembered forever for ending the reaper threat.

Outcome 2)
If assets were moderately high/low and readiness was above sixty but below ninety Shepard will collapse and exclaim it's finally over as Hacket informs Shepard that medics are on their way through the beam to Shepard. Shepard will hear over the coms the exclamation of his crew and the medics as they tell Shepard to hang in there and their shock at all the bodies around. Shepard will then ask to be connected to the victory fleet but will ask this in one of two ways paragon or renegade using the dialogue circle. As you can hear medics and your crew rushing through the beam to get to Shepard, Shepard uses the dialogue wheel to give a speech to the victory fleet either highlighting the need for peace/how far they've come or how much they lost/ how much they need to rebuild. As Shepard is concluding his/her speech the medics and Shepard's crew arrive in the control room. As Shepard finishes calling for the victory fleet to hold the line (for peace or for struggle based on the speech chosen) his/her love interest will collapse at their side as a medic sits on the other side attempting to keep Shepard alive and intermittently shouting out Shepard's dire state. As Shepard is dying you either give a consoling goodbye through the dialogue wheel to your love interest or to your crew standing above you. If Miranda survived she arrives late and offers to assist the medic in healing Shepard. If Shepard romanced Miranda Shepard will console her through the dialogue wheel while she tries to save Shepard. Shepard will then give a final goodbye to his crew and to the victory fleet through the dialogue wheel (having not turned off his coms through this whole ordeal).  As Shepard finishes his goodbyes he/she will look at earth's skyline and release a sigh of relief as Miranda/the Medic and/or Shepard's love interest beg Shepard not to leave him/her. The player will then see a montage similar to outcome one showing all of Shepard's decisions and the characters he/she came to know. The funeral will proceed as it did in outcome one and the final cinematic will show everything from outcome one based on Shepard's decisions including a short cinematic highlighting the advice Shepard gave the galaxy in his final speech.

Outcome 3)
If assets are high and galactic readiness is above ninety Shepard will crawl and prop himself/herself up on the wall facing the entrance into the control room. Hacket will inform Shepard as he did in outcome one and Shepard will ask using the dialogue wheel to be connected to the fleet. The speech will behave just as it did in outcome one and Shepard will hear his/her crew and medics trying to reach Shepard through the beam. As the medics and your crew arrive Shepard's love interest will fall to their knees and embrace Shepard. As Shepard returns the embrace the dialogue wheel will allow Shepard to either say "I did it for you," "You're alive?" , "We did it" or "I did it <Love Interest Name>." (For the sake of Tali fans, Tali would at this point remove her mask and lovingly kiss Shepard allowing the player to see Tali's face fully rendered within game). Shepard then passes out after the player's chosen final statement (If the player did not seek out a love interest Shepard will look across the faces of his/her crew present and choose one of the four dialogue wheel options). Screen will then cut to white and a cutscene will play of the citadel being towed back to the serpent nebula followed by a flash forward to Huerta memorial hospital where Shepard's love interest can be heard saying, "He/she is awake! Shepard's awake!" A doctor will then say It's much too soon and the love interest's face will be shown vaguely through blur (this scene will not occur if no love interest is pursued). Shepard will then wake up in a hospital bed facing Hacket and the crew excluding Joker and EDI (who will show up in their own separate cut scene to talk to Shepard about their relationship Shepard based on what relationship advice Shepard gave). Hacket will talk first with Shepard about his/her good job and the consequences of his/her final decision to control/disable the reapers and a brief report of the situation on earth and the condition of the Victory fleet and the Galaxy at large in the past month which is revealed how long Shepard has been under(this conversation will involve dialogue wheel). Hacket will finish saying you did it commander while Shepard will look at his crew and hear small comments of support and congratulations from each. The doctor by your side (Mordin if convinced to back down at the shroud) will then tell the room that Shepard needs more rest. What follows will be a series of bed visits from different members of Shepard's crew with dialogue for each member highlighting their past together. Some crew members will arrive in pairs such as Ashley and James if neither was romanced, Joker and Edi, and Tali and Garrus if neither is romanced. There will also be a separate and special scene for Shepard and his love interest.  Shepard will then wake to a cut scene of Shepard donning his formal Alliance Uniform as he/she walks into a large audience hall on the citadel as Hacket and various other representatives of other races stand at the end of the hall holding medals and pins. As Shepard walks towards them he/she makes several glances and nods at his crew in the crowd. As Shepard walks down the row of award givers there will be short dialogues with each representative of each species and each will differ based on Shepard's interactions and choices made for or against that species. Among the representatives will be Wrex/Wreave (depending on which survived), Hacket, Salarian Dalatross and Councilor, Turian Primarch and Councilor, Asari Councilor and Asari matriachs, and other minor representatives of minor species such as the Quorian Admirals (including Tali if she survived), the Batarian from the falling skies DLC in Mass effect 1 if it was purchased and the game was imported, and minor appearances from old Hanar, Elkor, and Volus diplomats. The montage cinematic will also include the alive Shepard taking part in specific cut scenes. There will also be a romantic and meaningful honeymoon scene for Shepard and his/her romance. (Marriage scenes will be extra free DLC)

Thank you for reading my idea of an appropriate ending and on one final note their will be a scene of you and Garrus drinking on a beach looking out at dead Reapers if Shepard lives.

Remember "Hold the Line," demand a better ending on facebook and finally,

Keelah Se'lai