In the “Twilight” series the so-called “vampires” *air-quotes* have special, additional abilities that are unique to themselves.  Like, how at Coldstone you not only get ice cream (the vampirism) but you also get to choose your own mix-in.  Except these mix-ins are powers and you can’t choose them, they depend on your traits or skills pre-vampirizing (?).  I just realized that that metaphor was pretty much useless. Anyways, *cough* I was thinking what if the vampires from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles had unique special abilities, just ‘cause I’m crazy.  But, because they already have REAL powers that do not include sparkling(are you reading this, Edward?), theirs would be more like heightened abilities.  So…here we go.

Lestat: Accessorizing/ lovability
Louis: emoness/ability to tolerate Lestat for long periods of time
Armand: seduction; man, woman, or vampire it doesn’t matter
David Talbot: rationality/ the ability to refuse Lestat in (borrowed) human form
Marius: the ability to be a total pedophile and still make us love him
Pandora: the ability to be such a drag in the series, but rock her own stand-alone
Nicki: I’m gonna go with crazy
Mekare: badassness
Maharet: scrapbooking (ok, not proven, but tell me she isn’t a total scrapbooker)
Gabrielle: the ability to make everyone in the series, and the readers, hate her. Oh, and bad parenting skills…reaaaaalllyyyy bad parenting skills.
Quinn: fanboyness (squee!)
Madeline: arts and crafts. She’s awesome with a bedazzler and she idolizes Martha Stewart. (If she was alive today)

The SPOILERS section! (for those not caught up with the series):
Claudia (Even if she IS dead): bitchiness/ brattiness/the ability to piss me off from the frikkin’ grave
Mona Mayfair: annoyingness, unworthy-of-Quinn-ness
Daniel Molloy (the boy reporter): making models. Right now he’s working at Legoland. He builds all the scary-detailed Lego monuments