Sorry Sotek.
I wouldn't become either of them. It'd be a horrible way to live - either as a beast or dead but blood-sucking, and whatever the case, I'd be a Daedric Prince's pet. My afterlife would suck.
If I was forced to pick one or the other, I'd go with werewolf for pretty much the same reason all of the others here would go with werewolf.
Nothing to concern yourself with Unhelpful. You still chose werewolf. Us lot in the Hunting Grounds? You'll have a great time.
*Andrew
As a Werewolf, you get to tear apart your victims then feast off their corpse. The choice of eating your prey alive is an optional extra. Vampires are just a pain in the neck...
@ Unhelpful - wild animals are ok.
@ Sotek - *groan* - there's only room for one person to tell bad jokes around here...
Re the tearing apart of your victim, as I've said before that's just bad table manners. My victims (baddies) would feel a couple of little pinpricks and then go to sleep. I wouldn't be gnawing on their bones and then burying them in the dirt for later...
Despite how I talk, I don't think I could stomach the thought of willingly becoming either. They're both monsters, and I'd rather remain human.
I doubt I could ever live with the fact of being a vampire -- cold and undead -- but the werewolves don't sound appealing either. Would I want to lose my sanity to my inner-beast? No. Both seem so cannibalistic.
It's hard to chose, but if I was forced to decide, I would say a vampire because 1) I know how to cure myself, and 2) I don't have to gorge myself on the flesh of my enemies. I'd probably get my serving of blood from animals. People...? *shudder* Never on people.
If I was in Tamriel I would willingly become either of those. For example when you go into the soul cairn for the first time and Serana says "Ok either become a vampire (If you weren't already) or get half soul trapped, I would choose become a vampire then go get it cured right afterwards. Same with the companions I would become a werewolf then after I cure Kodlak I cure myself. But, if I had to choose one of these forms permanently I would choose werewolf for the same reasons as Sotek.
Well I guess you guys are all right I mean imagine all the shit you'd see. Imagine that in real life you were on the ship with Christopher Columbus when his ship arrived in America you witnessed the slaughter of the native americans, witnessed all the great wars throughout time. That would be horrible.