I'd include more games, but as of now I've only played Oblivion and Skyrim.

In Oblivion, you are simply a prisoner who gets a new chance at life. You are freed, given a shiny necklace and told to give it to a monk. You are then thrown into a grand plan to stop the war against the Daedra, and you become the 'Champion of Cyrodiil'. It may have been fate, but you are not the 'Chosen One', a champion chosen by the Gods to act out for them. Sheogorath himself says to the player "A mortal Champion, to wade through the entrails of my foes!"

Now, in Skyrim, you are an agent of the Gods. You are given the soul of the dragon, and your destiny is and always has been to defeat Alduin the World Eater. You are given God-like powers and recognition by the population.



So basically which do you prefer? Being chosen by the Gods, or becoming a champion on your own two feet? Both are equally appealing to me, to be honest.

Either works.

But I prefer not being forced into the Main Quest, whether it's about being the chosen one or not.

It depends on the setting. Mortal champion worked great for Oblivion, and chosen one worked great for Skyrim. I think that the next one will have to be along the lines of mortal champion, since the chosen one was done just now. Would be kinda lame to repeat themselves so soon when we just played as the ultimate chosen one.

I guess that would learn towards 'Mortal Champion', then. 'Caus you can just 'nope!' and go for a walk...

Not at all. I have 3 Skyrim characters right now, and I plan to do the main quest with all of them. But I use an alternate start mod, so I can decide for myself at which point in their lives they'll discover that they are Dragonborn.

Ah, the bane of console users... ;(