Hello!

I'm quite new to lucid dreaming; I started working at it a few months ago but my attempts tapered off after only having one or two lucid dreams with very limited control. I've recently wanted to get back into it, but I have a few questions about the nature of dream characters.

I've read that dream characters are basically just like 'puppets' and often don't give meaningful answers to questions, but I've also heard of people hosting interviews with favorite characters from fiction or deceased people.

My questions are:

1) How would a dream character respond if you attempted to actually have an intellectual conversation with him? Would he act like the character he's supposed to be (eg. if he's a DC of Batman, would he actually give answers that Batman might give?)

2) Do dream characters have personalities? Are all dream characters basically the same?

3) I don't have much experiences with LDing, but for me interacting with realistic DCs of fictional characters from real-life would be one of the most interesting experiences of a lucid dream. Does this actually work, have you tried it, and do you think that pursuing tactile experiences instead is more rewarding than messing about with DCs?