Except how can Desmonds child save the world when it ends in about three months?
What makes you think it's Desmond's child? There's no real reason to think that. The crew could have been followed, then dragged out of the temple, or have been ejected from it.
exactly, the whole "desmonds son" doesn't ring me as right, I get the feeling that this "son" might not be literal, but in the figurative way...
How so, I'm not sure yet...
But considering subject 16 and his way with words, I'm sure things are more vague then what we might think... =P
We have already been tricked into firmly believing that 16 is dead, and now they hint that he isn't dead after all.
I am with Vhan on this one, he must be saying something very far from the literal meaning, but then, how many interpretations of "her DNA" and "she's not the one" could there be?
Well, physically speaking, Subject 16 is dead. However, he's become an AI, or so it seems. How else would you explain the ramblings of the voice during the puzzles?
"Emotional centres activated. No, put them out. Shut down...." (Something like that, anyway. )
I should point out that when S16 talks about Desmonds "son" he also mentions "the sun". We know the Sun is gonna burn the Earth but i'm not sure how that involves Desmond's son.
Also i think when S16 says "She is not who you think she is" he may be talking about Juno. I can't quite put my finger on it but the tone of her voice when speaking to Desmond sounds a lot more agressive than Minerva's. I also don't believe the "Eve" S16 is refering to isn't the same Eve from the Truth video from AC2, how could she still be alive after all this time? Not to mention Eden, as S16 knows it is long destroyed, so finding "Eve" is gonna be a lot harder than it sounds.
I'd still like to believe that stabing Lucy in the stomach was all just an illusion created by the PoE. My theory is as soon as Desmond touched the apple he fell unconcious, Lucy and the gang called the other assassins(which is when you hear those voices during the credits) and Desmond is now currently in a coma while lying in the animus.