With the advent of Dragon Shouts in Skyrim one passage in game-informer says "Upon defeating a dragon, Skyrim’s hero absorbs the soul of the fallen creature, which fuels his ability to learn a new shout." which first of all is awesome, and is even somewhat in cannon :' ) , but what I'm wondering is weather or not a soul gem will, or weather or not you think one should, be needed to accomplish this.

I don't think a soul gem should be used. I prefer the idea of a Dovakhiin's eating Dragonic souls to strengthen themselves.

I don't think soul gems or soul trapping should be needed, kind of restriction that your character needs to be at least part mage to use the shouts.

Think of it like Mortal Kombat.

"Your Soul is MINE!"

I really want the ability to trap them
that would be awesome

Ya it would make the character more unique in his or her abilities, however it does make it a lot easier to "absorb their soul " I think it would really depend on how frequently you encounter them as well as how many you need to kill. If dragons become the cliff racers of skyrim and you need to kill an equally large number of them than ya, soul gems would be a hassle and very expensive.

Just a thought, but I'm thinking there might be a limited number of dragons spread throughout Skyrim that actually add to your shout abilities, the rest will just be random enemies. I think it would be cool if there were smaller, less powerful dragons as random enemies and the larger with souls you can absorb are large and lead to epic battles.

I was able to soul-trap Vivec and Almalexia.......Dragons shouldn't follow suite why?