her fear of being the Avatar<\/a>, something Nisha hasn\u2019t struggled with before. Pavi unblocks her Root Chakra to do so, setting her on a path to unblock the six remaining ones. To do so, she must travel to a new Haven. Pavi leaves Nisha behind, unable to forgive her for accidentally destroying their family years earlier.<\/p>\nAvatar co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino and Seven Havens executive producers Sehaj Sethi and Ethan Spaulding sat down with TV Insider to break down all the biggest developments in the Book 1 and tease what\u2019s to come as the sisters embark on \u201cdifferent journeys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Could you tell me about deciding to dive into this chakra concept and framework for the show? We\u2019ve seen the chakra concept brought up a little bit before in past Avatar projects, but not quite as in depth as this. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Michael Dante DiMartino: That\u2019s what was exciting to me and Bryan [Konietzko] and hopefully you guys, when we pitched this idea of like\u2026 The \u201cGuru\u201d episode, I know it\u2019s some people\u2019s favorite, and people have really responded that learning about the chakras and what they represent, and how it\u2019s a path to self-understanding and growth and all this stuff. And so when we were talking about this show, to take that idea and do more of a deep dive on it felt right. But you know, it did present some challenges, because on the one hand, we have a structure and sort of a pathway of how the story would progress, but then we have the actual story we\u2019re trying to tell and trying to marry those two was definitely challenging.<\/p>\n
Ethan Spaulding: Yeah, I remember the first I heard of the story, when they were they were pitching it, I saw what you guys were working on, and I was like, \u2018That seems really hard to do.\u2019 I was like, \u2018How are we going to do this concept?\u2019 And so I\u2019m I\u2019m happy the way it turned out. I think it came out good. But at the beginning, it was daunting for me to just thinking of the visuals, how we\u2019re gonna execute this.<\/p>\n
Sehaj Sethi: My biggest thing was I just wanted it to be organic. I wanted the character arcs to really still feel like they were coming from the choices of the characters, not this predetermined feeling of like what they needed to do for this journey with the chakras. And I think we got there. It took some finagling, but at the end of the day, it was a nice framework for us to build this, in many ways, more cosmic story.<\/p>\n
A central part of the Season 1 finale is Pavi unblocking her Root Chakra and overcoming the anomaly because of it. Why was she able to get there and Nisha couldn\u2019t?<\/p>\n
Sethi: Pavi was the one who was embracing letting go of fear, and this was really about the fear chakra. We had tried for the whole first season to show how Pavi relates to fear, and specifically, how she relates to fear in taking on that moniker of the Avatar. So by the end, kind of like Mike was saying, this wasn\u2019t just a journey about \u2018Oh, and he opened her chakra.\u2019 It\u2019s about \u2018Oh no, we started her in a place where she was so scared of this, and by the end she\u2019s embraced that title.\u2019<\/p>\n
And now, going into Season 2, it\u2019s about what is she going to do with that title? What is she going to do with that responsibility now? Nisha\u2019s relationship to that, that\u2019s something that\u2019ll get revealed in Season 2. But this really was, for us, a particularly emotional stepping stone that Pavi had to go through. This was a big part of her inner journey.<\/p>\n
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I remember Agam sensed that Nisha had a bunch of energy within her, but when she was reading Pavi, she specifically said that she had blocked chakras. Does Nisha need to go on this journey alongside Pavi with the chakras?<\/p>\n
Sethi: They are going to be going on different journeys is probably the best way I can put that. So Pavi is a little more focused on chakras. Nisha is focused on a few other things. A big part of her journey, when we end Book 1, is what does she do now that that relationship that she so cared about with her sister has been severed, and also now that she is considered a hero by her people? It\u2019s almost a little monkey\u2019s paw. Like, you get what you want, but this is in no way the atmosphere and the circumstances you wanted to get it in.<\/p>\n
In the finale, Pavi also dissipated or redirected the energy that Nisha had created. What\u2019s the difference in their Avatar abilities by the end of Book 1? Do you consider it a yin and yang situation, like creation versus destruction?<\/p>\n
Sethi: Currently, I think it\u2019s more about them being Avatars in different ways. That\u2019s what I would say. They are handling the situation coming from different points of view.<\/p>\n
Another key part of the finale is Pavi reaching something that sort of resembles the Avatar State when she\u2019s defeating the Anomaly. What can you tell me about this new ability?<\/p>\n
Spaulding: Yeah, I think that\u2019s the Chakra State.<\/p>\n
DiMartino: Yeah, it\u2019s not the Avatar State. Yeah, that\u2019s what you guys called it, right?<\/p>\n
Spaulding: Yeah, Chakra State. Yeah.<\/p>\n
Sethi: We\u2019re revealing a new sort of state of being that the Avatar can enter, and it is specifically linked to opening your chakra, so that is what Pavi channels when she is interacting and manipulating the energy, and it does give her a little power up for a short time. A brief, brief time.<\/p>\n
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Can Nisha potentially get there as well?<\/p>\n
Sethi: You have to watch and see\u2026 We didn\u2019t necessarily want to tell the exact same story for both girls.<\/p>\n
With the finale, we also saw an emotional change in Pavi. In Book 2, can we expect a tonal shift in her or a change in her personality?<\/p>\n
DiMartino: We\u2019re not going to turn Pavi into a super dark, brooding character. She\u2019s still goofy and lovable and quirky and all that stuff. But yeah, now that she has accepted her role as the Avatar and has unblocked her chakra and is no longer afraid\u2026 She still got some fears, but she\u2019s overcome that first stepping stone to embracing this role. She\u2019s gonna still be stepping into that role and figuring out how to do it, what it means to her, and all that stuff going forward.<\/p>\n
Pavi and Nisha also end Book 1 in different places in the literal sense. Going forward, are you focusing on both their stories, even when they\u2019re apart?<\/p>\n
Sethi: Yeah. A big part of one of the reasons why we wanted them to separate is that we wanted to see them grow apart from each other because they were such constant influences on each other through Season 1. We thought, \u2018OK, let\u2019s see what happens when Pavi is just an Avatar on her own. What is Nisha like as an Avatar on her own?\u2019<\/p>\n
It kind of surprised me that Pavi couldn\u2019t forgive Nisha for the role she played in their past, even though it was all by accident. What does Pavi need to go through to reach that point of forgiveness?<\/p>\n
DiMartino: Some other chakra stuff.<\/p>\n
Sethi: I think something that I hope people keep in mind as they watch this is we did want to really lean into that these characters aren\u2019t perfect. They\u2019re flawed. Maybe Pavi is wrong to be to be so harsh on Nisha, maybe Nisha was wrong to hide that from her sister. Those are things we delve into as we get into Season 2.<\/p>\n
With the stories diverging and Pavi going to another Haven, are there still issues to tackle in Ellora, since Nisha stayed there?<\/p>\n
DiMartino: The storms are still a threat. There\u2019s a little more to do in Ellora. There\u2019s stuff to do, but yeah, like we said, with Nisha, some stuff will happen that will force her to take some new actions. I\u2019ll just say that.<\/p>\n
There are seven Havens and seven chakras. Do you see yourselves spending a season per Haven and per chakra going forward?\u00a0<\/p>\n
DiMartino: Book 1 was focused on just one, but we\u2019re gonna mix it up a little more as we go forward. So I won\u2019t tell you exactly how, but it won\u2019t be seven books long. I\u2019ll just say that.<\/p>\n
Sethi: You heard it here first. As we were making the series, we spent a lot of time building Ellora production-wise. And I think that\u2019s where the girls are from. That is where Jae\u2019s from. That is their home. It made sense to spend all that time there. I think going into the following books, we were like, \u2018Let\u2019s give this a little more of that travel show feel that you get with Last Airbender.\u2019 So you\u2019re going to get that a little more following through from here.<\/p>\n
We know it\u2019s the sacral chakra next based on the visuals. Can you say more about that?<\/p>\n
Spaulding: It deals with pleasure, and it\u2019s blocked by guilt.<\/p>\n
What does that entail?<\/p>\n
DiMartino: The culture embraces a more fun and laid-back style.<\/p>\n
Spaulding: Yeah, the Floating Isles is a fun place.<\/p>\n
Sethi: Yeah, it\u2019s a chill place. Very different from Ellora in many ways in that regard.<\/p>\n
Are they as scared of the Avatar as Ellora was? We saw that fear bit when the other Havens came to Ellora. But we didn\u2019t see anyone from the Floating Aisles, did we?<\/p>\n
DiMartino: No, you haven\u2019t met anyone.<\/p>\n
Sethi: You have not met anyone from there yet. You will have to wait and see.<\/p>\n
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Has Book 2 been recorded yet?<\/p>\n
DiMartino: We\u2019ve been recording consistently since we started, so the past few years. So yeah, all of Book 2 has been recorded, produced. Everything is pretty much done on that one, and we\u2019re working on the other ones [Book 3 and 4] to finish them up. But yeah, I mean there\u2019s still post-production ADR stuff to do, but all the main recording has been complete.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve seen people theorizing that there would be a time jump, but I imagine that wouldn\u2019t work with the way we leave things.<\/p>\n
DiMartino: It\u2019s a few weeks maybe, but yeah, nothing crazy.<\/p>\n
Sethi: Timeline, we\u2019re more kind of sticking to what sort of Avatar: The Last Airbender did, time-wise.<\/p>\n
Is there an aspect of Book 1 that you were most proud of watching the whole finished product back?<\/p>\n
Spaulding: I think the finale episodes. I think seeing those come together was really impressive, and just the scope of what Pavi does at the end, and the animation and the effects. I think that was, for me, that was a great moment to see that stuff come to fruition.<\/p>\n
DiMartino: I would agree with that. Yeah, because we obviously have a lot of the traditional Avatar martial arts bending, fights, and all that stuff, but we have all this cosmic plane, trippy stuff and energy. There\u2019s a lot of energy going on, so there\u2019s a ton of new kinds of effects and stuff. William [Niu], the production designer, and art director and the team did an awesome job visualizing these kind of esoteric ideas. Because it\u2019s one thing to talk about the chakras, but you have to actually show what that looks like on screen, which is not an easy task.<\/p>\n
Sethi: I also really loved a lot of what the board artist did with [Episode] 106, just like the physicality of the girls in that episode. They\u2019re so petty at times, which I adore, and they\u2019re also so just childish, but in a way that\u2019s just fun to watch. I felt like their arc there was really relatable in many ways, but also I just feel like the director and the board artist just did such a good job bringing what we had put in the script to life.<\/p>\n
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