Written Into Reality

Yes, I agree with all of this. You know, for a while now I've been thinking that I disagree with the idea that fictional characters are not real. I mean, they certainly are not corporeal. On what basis do we decided that fictional characters are not real, what makes them not real?  I think that fictional characters have, essentially, been written into reality. The experience pain and suffering within their fictional universe, have gender, have appearance, and have thoughts. They are not able to react with us, but I am not sure that it makes them unreal.