- “Yes, my name is Xeni. Spelt as you'd imagine. X, E, N, I. I'm a PROFESSIONAL daydream maker.”
- ―Xeni
Xeni is a character in the 2024 series Dream Productions. He creates daydreams for Riley Andersen that get sent up to Headquarters and projected.
History
Dream Productions
Xeni films and creates daydreams for Riley. He's looking to step up into the big leagues of night dreams someday. When Paula Persimmon needs to create a hit dream, she's paired with him.
Personality
Xeni is described as smug, as he is very particular with names and titles. He's passionate about his job making daydreams.
Throughout the series, Xeni is shown to be very against the traditional forms of dream making, going so far as to break lighting equipment, and grab the Riley camera off its stand during a rehearsal. He's also been shown to be very petty and selfish, insulting or sabotaging those he feels has wronged him like Paula Persimmon.
Like everyone in Riley's head, he does care about Riley and want what's best for her, even trying to stop his own revenge against Paula once he realizes it will be bad for Riley too.
Notes and Trivia
In episode 2 of Dream Productions, Xeni's aunt Jean refers to him as Lenny. When Paula corrects her, Jean echoes back the name Xeni-possibly alluding to the name 'Xeni' being a new name he's calling himself and 'Lenny' is his birthname, therefore the name his aunt is used to addressing him by.
Gallery
Quotes
- "You night dream makers will never understand art!"
- "Is this Mermaid Unicorn? Are you that out of touch?"
- "Yes, my name is Xeni. Spelt as you'd imagine. X-E-N-I. I'm a professional daydream maker. I directed Does That Cloud Look Like a Hockey Puck?, Everyone's A Robot But Me. That's one of mine. Um, My Secret Sister Lives Across the Street."
- "I heard she lost her assistant director. Let's see how that clam bakes."
- "I prefer co-director."
- "So, I have some notes on your approach to dream-making. Do you want to hear them? Good. Let's start with the obvious. It's too much. It's too unfocused. Too unimaginative. Too cliche, too blase. It lacks meaning, truth, danger. And why do you always go for the happy ending? Art is supposed to subvert the audience's expectations."
- "Scripts are the instruments of cowards."
- "People! I'm here to cure you of your overly sentimental and mundane method of dream-making. First, we will not be using any fancy equipment, like lights."
- "I'm going handheld! I'm going to run straight into the set and attack the action as if I'm the action! I'm destroying form! There's no camera anymore. There's only visions."
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