My theory on Dream Characters is that they are actually autonomous, or even self aware, entities living in the subconscious realm, able to "clothe" themselves as different characters, but remaining basically the same. Some are friendly, some indifferent and some are actually hostile.
When I have encountered belligerent characters during past lucid dreams, I have sometimes stared them down to make them stop their hostile acts or make them go away. But a few nights ago, while in a particularly lucid dream, I confronted a nasty character that was right in my face, so to speak. I decided to kill him, not just in the dream, but completely absorb the energy it contained to destroy it permanently.
I grabbed his head and stared into his angry eyes so he couldn't look away and break eye contact, forcibly shouting something like "die!" or words to that effect. It was very intense, and in a few seconds, he seemed to "explode" in a bright flash, followed immediately by a strange type of light maze, as if the remnants of this entity was being reabsorbed by my subconscious mind.
A woman then appeared in a square frame, seeming to speak to me, but not making a sound. I had no interpretation for that part.
I awoke feeling refreshed and quite good about myself. I believed I had actually destroyed a dream entity for good, and somehow absorbed its energy.
Has anyone had similar experiences? This was very unusual for me, considering that my dreams are almost always bizarre anyway.