He would rather die than give up his dream meaning at no point he is scared of his dream... if he was scared of his dream he would have admitted defeat... It's so obvious. This headcanon you just made up is laughable. I know you hate Zoro and make terrible attempts at downplaying him... and act dumb saying "how is that downplaying him" but... come on
You literally missed the point regarding immoral compass. Whether it's good or bad for the character has nothing to do for immoral compass.
The things that Zoro experiences in the fight is shock not fear. It's shock because after the first go he realized Mihawk was by far superior and that Zoro was no match, knowing this he still was willing to throw his life away than to admit defeat
"And second you're just proving my point, zoro was scared of losing his dream"
Not scared, it's shock value which is far different
Scared of losing your dream and scared of your dreams is like comparing apples to apples
can you read?
I never said he is scared of his dream, I said he is scared of failing to achieve his dreams, he isn't scared of facing mihawk, he is scared of losing, and since he'd rather die than fail his dream, he'd rather be killed than lose to mihawk
I still don't get how it's downplay, it's literally in the Manga and it's something great, zoro isn't scared of death, he's scared of failing to achieve his dream , not the dream itself, he's not scare of that, he's scared of failing, more than he is of death
So he'd rather die than fail his dream
There's a big difference between scared of his dream, and scared of failing his dream