anything that you do to stabilise the dream will also have the effect of bringing more of your consciousness into the dream.its quite frustrating when you realise that you missed an opportunity through to lack of imagination. however read up on a few stabilising techniques, and you should be able to bring your imagination and tasks into the dream with you. best simple ones are touching everything you can, quickly without dwelling on one thing. or simply visually examining everything in the same manner. good luck also once you do this there will be no need to mess around with attacking fictional characters