>>1206919, ...let's see... they are two similar but distinct concepts....
knowing nothing about either character,
the god-slayer is the more traditional hero archetype, wherein one's savior is projected onto a hero (applies to both heroes), but then they differentiate ...the first hero differentiates such that gods (projections of one's innate goodness) are slain by the hero in order to arrive at an understanding of one's innate goodness ...., as in zen, gods are not to be worshiped ...
the dragonborn dragon-soul eater is a bit more complex of a concept but essentially serves the same roll. ...in this scenario, it is assumed that there are no gods but instead there is something else ....
in zen, the dragon is kind-of a projection of one's karma ...in its claws, it holds the sacred jewel of enlightenment. thus, in order to attain enlightenment, you must slay the dragon. if the hero was just a regular dragonslayer, however, he would be similar to the guy who slays gods -- but this would be pretty lame because by making the guy a hero (and not just what he would implicitly be -- a monk fighting his own personal dragon -- which wouldn't make a very good hero story with popular appeal, btw) then it implies that gods have something or took something from us....
thus, to make a cooler hero, extra stuff needs to be layered on....
if the guy is also dragonborn who eats dragonsouls like spaghetti, then we get a layer of jungian psychology added, as it implies that the guy has has integrated his shadow self and every dragonsoul he eats is another integration....
so, as for which one would win in a fight...
well, we have the godslayer who is pretty clearly enlightened if he's going around killing gods, so the question is whether or not the dragonboy is enlightened ...if he's not, then the godslayer would win. if he is, then it would be a tie
one argument for the enlightenment of the dragonboy is that yes, while he's still going around eating spaghetti, he is also dragonborn which implies full integration -- in zen, there is the concept of "practice-enligthenment" so the fact that he's still going around eating dragon souls (and thus integrating and getting the jewel of enlightenment) doesn't indicate a lack of enlightenment
one potential argument against enlightenment would be what the dragonboy does with the soul -- does he actually eat them (supporting the case for practice-enlightenment, as eating food is analogous to integration) or does he store them somewhere? if the latter, he would be merely accumulating karma and thus the god-slayer would be superior
on the other hoof, there might be an argument that the dragonboy is superior in that his character seems to more explicitly be involved in practice-enlightenment -- but the fact that this is made more clear in the dragonboy's case does not mean that the godslayer is not doing practice-enlightenment too -- it just means that it's made more explicit in the dragonboy's case
so probably a tie unless the dragonboy is doing something with the souls he eats
--bowtie
