Mass Effect 3 Alternate Endings

Please note that there may be a few spoilers so read at your own risk if you have not completed the game.

Idea 1. The Protheans still exist:
In ME it is revealed that the Conduit is a mini mass relay, so we know that the Protheans were experimenting with mass relay technology. It took the Reapers 600 years to wipe out the Protheans, they would only need a couple of million people (Perhaps a 1 colonized planet) to survive (Remember there are only 17 million Quarians in the Flotilla). The Protheans were also more advanced so we know that they could do it.

Idea 2. Best Seats in the House:
I watched a commentary on GameSpot (Tried find the link but I seem to have lost it). They said that the ending would have been better if they had ended it with Anderson and Shepard watching Earth from the Citadel. I like this idea with it going to a cut scene of the Crucible firing and the Reapers getting destroyed. Depending on player choice and Effective Military Strength.

Idea 3. Failure:
The Crucible didn't work and the species on Earth are slaughtered. Shepard meets Garrus at the bar in Turian/Human heaven.

Idea 4. Indoctrination Theory:
I heard about and watched the video on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=ythY_G… although I don't personally believe the theory as it still has plot holes.

Idea 5. Star Wars
This is more of a humorous ending. At the end of Star Wars it ends with a party on the Ewoks planet and Luke looking over and seeing the ghosts of Obi-Wan, Yoda and Anikan. In ME it could end with a party on the Normandy with Shepard looking over and seeing the ghosts of the team mates who died, Kaidan/Ashley, Mordin, Anderson and that kid from the beginning. If Shepard died it could be the love interest looking and seeing Shepard's ghost.

Idea 6. Shepard Dies:
The Reapers are defeated but Shepard dies. Could write about Shepard's funeral, with the love interest crying and Garrus trying to comfort them with Turian Heaven (Unless the LI is Garrus).

Idea 7. Award Ceremony:
Shepard gets a model and the Council's eternal thanks with billions of people watching. This ending is bullshit of course, Shepard deserves so much more than a medal and a pat on the back. How Shepard reacts is depends on the writer, Shepard accepting despite the insult or shouting at them, etc.

Idea 8. Happily Ever After:
The Reapers are gone. Shepard lives happily ever after with their LI. What happens is up to the writer, children/no children, continues to serve the Alliance/retires, etc.

Idea 9. Shepard's Insanity:
This is a good ending for those whose team mates died. The death of Shepard's closest friends have made Shepard go crazy. How crazy Shepard is and in what manner are up to the writer. Personally I don't like this ending as it takes away Shepard's strong will.

Idea 10. Leader or Dictator?
This idea might sound a little bit stupid but Shepard is one hell of a leader and people would listen to him/her. Leading the galaxy is paragon, becoming a dictator is renegade, specifics are up to the writer.