Alright, in all fairness I can't be too critical on Bethesda, because a long storyline is always important for books, movies, and of course video games. An example of this happening elsewhere, would be when the heroes of Lord of the Rings decide to fly back on eagles, in an extremely short amount of time, proving how easily they could have achieved victory in many less years, while saving the lives of thousands of people, dwarves, elves, hobbits, orcs, etc. Anyways, on the topic of Skyrim and its major plot hole, I need ask you one question. If Dovahkiin, and all of the inhabitants were so scared to death of Alduin, why oh why didn't they just accumulate 7 dragon balls, and wish him away? =/