Why do I keep dreaming about a fictional character?

It just means that the character is probably on your mind a lot and maybe you have some strong emotions tied to them. If you're attracted to that character one way or another (could be as simple as thinking they're cool) it makes perfect sense for them to show up in your dreams a lot.

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What does it mean to dream about dating a fictional character?

These characters are far from fictional. They symbolically represent traits that you associate with them. It is from your own reactive feelings that you can identify what each character represents and from there it will become easy to determine why that aspect is being shown to you. And another question, what does it mean when you are not the main character in your dream? Generally, if you are not part of the dream, it means you want to observe the change which you want to see or you don't want to be part of it because you are not aware that it will be right to do so. You can dream in third person. Everything you see is still based on your memories.

Do dream characters have consciousness?

From the phenomenological findings, nothing contradicts the assumption that dream characters have consciousness in a specific sense. Herefrom the conclusion was drawn, that in lucid dream therapy communication with dream characters should be handled as if they were rational beings. Keeping this in consideration, why do characters change in dreams? Each of these people have unique faces. Now the brain doesn't have the ability to create a face on its own,it reaches out to people from your memory,people you have met or seen around at a coffee shop years ago. Hence when your dream changes,the characters change but the face remains the same.

Are dream characters self aware?

The short answer is that you don't. they do the sorts of things that you would expect a conscious person to do. In other words, if they act conscious you assume that they are conscious. You can also ask how do i change my character in my dreams?