Hell Hath No Fury...like Furries? Vamps vs. Weres

Well, it sounded good when I thought it up. It has absolutely nothing to do with this blog, by the way. Well, maybe in a way.

I remember taking a quiz several years ago when I first began reading the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books. The quiz was something along the lines of are you a vampire, shapeshifter, or something else (I can't remember now). I came up shapeshifter. I had to give this some thought. Is it better to be a shapeshifter/weretype person than the always cool (pun intended) undead? Let's think about this in terms of pros and cons:

According to well-known vampire lore, vampires are susceptible to crosses, silver, holy water, sunlight, garlic, stakes through the heart (but what being ISN'T susceptible to this?), can't enter where they aren't invited, have a very strict diet of blood (hello! I hate to diet!), and I'm sure there's another one I'm missing.

Now, look at shapeshifters (werefolk as I like to call them because I don't think they should JUST be wolves). Werefolk change during a full moon, have to dodge silver bullets, might have to shave more than the average human, don't have a restrictive diet, and that's about it unless there's some lore I'm not aware of.

That's it! I mean c'mon...okay, okay I didn't mention the pros:

Vampires are so popular everyone and their mama is running around with fangs and goblets. (This could also be labeled as a con if you're nonconformist...which is really funny if you think about it since they want to be vampires because they're nonconformist...I'm shutting up.) They live forever unless they get a tan, a stake through the heart, shot with silver, eat some garlic, or get doused in holy water. They always have the coolest names. They're considered schexy (just like Sean Connery cause the older they get, the better) and they generally have servants willing to do anything for them.

Werefolk aren't as popular unless you're talking about werewolves. They can live a somewhat normal life as they aren't always furry. They have the strength and abilities of their animal half (which is really cool cause I always wanted to be a cat...preferably a tiger or jaguar. Thundercats was the best cartoon of my childhood.) They don't live forever as far as I know, but they live longer than humans do. They have a certain (yes, I'm going to say it) animal magnetism, muhuahaha. They can come in any form: wolf, tiger, lion, dragon, etc. They aren't restricted by diet or time of day.

To me, werefolk have it hands down. Don't get me wrong I think vampires are cool, otherwise I wouldn't like writing about them, but weres just come in more shapes and sizes which means they're almost an equal opportunity supernatural group.

What do you think? Which would you rather be? Keep in mind that I'll probably blog about witches and demons and angels and others at a later date.