AyaDiefair wrote:Also, all the newborns were under a year old, in the frenzy stage. All they wanted was blood, blood, blood, so there could've been more newborns with gifts, they just couldn't realize them or figure them out because they were preoccupied with more important things in mind to them. If I write something about a young Vampire with a gift, I don't like them to realize the gift right away, it makes the story be able to go longer with the progression period of figuring out the gift, then learning how to use it, then learning when to use it.
An interesting thought.
Though you certainly get the feeling that powers like Edward's and Alice's were so overwhelming that there's no question of their not recognizing them until after their frenzied newborn bloodlust had begun to subside. Stephenie never talks about this, but one can only imagine Edward opening his eyes after his transformation and struggling to make sense of all the "voices" he hears, even when no one is speaking. How could he not realize something staggering had happened to him?
But it's true that it takes Bella time to develop her own gift in BD. So it might depend on the powers.