what a character!

for me, the most important element of fiction is the characters! you dont have an interesting story without them. you dont have a story at all without characters. thats the only thing that keeps me intrested in anything at all. the people or things in the story. i don't like the story if it doesn't have interesting characters. even if you hate every single character because they are all evil plonkers, its still a good story because its entertaining! i guess the next most impotant element would be mood though and guess what? characters set the mood aswell! they can be goofy, fun-loving people and the story would be happy and funny. but they could also be evil with a dark past and try to kill those happy-go-lucky ding dongs, then the story would change to sad, suspencefull, or even scary. so yeah characters are the best and in every book, movie, or video game you like, there is always that favorite character that keeps you reading, watching, or playing.