Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-110.168.240.168-20140424104245/@comment-1470368-20150921185400

There is really no good way to justify the killing of Paarthurnax, without sounding like a complete hypocrite.

You must realize that the player-character, as he/she is the Dragonborn, is vulnerable to the very same impulses that ALL Dragons are (regardless of their life choices). The Last Dragonborn has the Blood and Soul of a Dragon, therefore he/she is no different from any other Dragon (save for their mortal body).

Do any of you really think that the Blades won't ultimately treat you the same way as they have all other Dragons, regardless of your actions and theirs? They're dragon-slayers, and you are ultimately a Dragon yourself, regardless of whether you slay other Dragons.

That's how the Thu'um of Dragons becomes much more powerful, is if they slay other Dragons and absorb their Souls. The player-character follows the same principle, instantly learning new Words of Power and gaining the ability to use them with absorbed Dragon Souls.

When it comes down to it, the Last Dragonborn truly isn't any better than any of his/her Dragon brethren, and thus truly doesn't have the right to judge them any differently from themself.