April 13, 2015 5:26 AM EDT
Bethesda probably thought this would be a huge moral dilemma, but 95% of the people simply gave the Finger to Delphine - including me. I only killed him once to see what would happen, and re-loaded when I saw nothing happening. What, the Blades are gonna respect me? Screw them. I always hated the Blades in Skyrim anyway (remember the mute Esbern glitch?). In the times of emperor Patrick Stewart (aka Uriel Septim VII) they were supposed to serve the Dragonborn, not the other way around!
I know that Paarthurnax commited many bad deeds, but that was in the Merethic Era, for cryin' out loud! And even then, he felt sorry for humans and helped them defeat Alduin. Better yet, he sat on a freakin' mountain peak for all those decades waiting for Al to return, and then helped banish him again. Don't know about you, but I think he's earned his pardon.
Both Delphine and Esbern are a disgrace to their order! Do they even realize that Tiber Septim would never be who he was if not for Paarthurnax? It really annoys me there wasn't an option to refuse to kill him, or even better - to kill the Blades.
(sorry for the long rant, I had to let it out somewhere )