Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-207.28.159.13-20151110163641/@comment-26693897-20151111210232

I never killed Paarthurnax and the reason is simple. The Blades want you to kill him because of his dark past. But killing the dragon who taught you how to shout through the Greybeards as well as aiding you in your quests is the same to kill your Kung-Fu teacher, who teaches you everything he knows just because he has a dark past. Delphine says that killing Paarthurnax is an act of justice and she doesn't care if the dragon helped you during your journey. Believe me, if upholding justice means being so damn unreasonable, irrational and immoral, fuck  justice. But no, what she is suggesting is not justice. The more correct term is vengeance. She simply wants you to kill him because of what he did to her ancestors. And then what? And then Paarthurnax's followers will go exact revenge on you. Your family and friends will then resent them, exacting revenge on them, and this vicious cycle of hatred will never end. Again, if this is justice, fuck it. This is true for Skyrim; you kill Paarthurnax, the Greybeards, if they were foolish people, will kill you and then the Blades will exact revenge on them. Ulfric, who has a past with the Greybeards, will avenge them, so on so forth. So after you killed Paarthurnax "in the name of justice", why doesn't this cycle of hatred seem familiar to you? Because the Greybeards are true men of peace, and they will not think of vengeance. They resent you, but dare not take revenge. These people are the ones I truly respect. So basically, you killing that lowlife when you can simply prevent him from doing anything foolish means you are willing to put yourself at risk just to exact revenge, i.e, being an idiot.

This is justice: 1 million people say kill Paarthurnax, while only 1 say spare him, so we must kill him. This is not justice: He killed millions of humans and enslaved millions more, he is therefore a tyrant and must die, even though he aided the humans during the Dragon War as well as fighting against his own nature by following The Way of The Voice. This is called being: 1. selfish, 2. unreasonable, 3. short-sighted, and 4. just plain stupid. And finally, I love to compare Delphine with Isran. She hates dragons as much as he hates vampires. However, Delphine wants you to kill Paarthurnax, the only benevolent dragon on Tamriel while Isran spared the life of Serana after she helped you, him and the Dawnguard to defeat Harkon and let her live in his stinky fortress. So, who am I to fulfill the Blades grudge against the one creature that gives me the best shot at defeating the greatest threat to the world because they don't like what he did in the past? Paarthurnax said that the Blades are wise to not trust him because dragons are born to dominate, however, he did so much to atone for his sins and therefore deserves my trust. Just as he said, Zin krif horvut se suleyk (honor is fighting the lure of power) and all my lawful good, neutral good and chaotic good Dragonborns have a code: If one doesn't harm innocents, then it's not my problem.