TRANSCRIPT · Avatar: Seven Havens Showrunners Address Your Biggest Finale Burning Questions

## Avatar: Seven Havens Showrunners Address Your Biggest Finale Burning Questions (IGN)
https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-seven-havens-finale-showrunners-ending-explained-biggest-questions
GRANT BRICKMAN: The Avatar: Seven Havens showrunners take on the burning finale questions, and Gary asks the street.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. We first told you earlier today about the Avatar: Seven Havens finale. Now the showrunners have answered viewers' burning questions.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The finale was called The Root Chakra. The creators say they answered what they could. Gary asked the public what they still want to know.
GARY: Thanks, Greta. Finale cleared, Root Chakra unlocked, achievement earned. I'm in the block world asking what the public wants from Season 2.
PASSERBY: Pavi steps up as the Avatar and Nisha stays in Ellora? I have questions. Apparently so do the showrunners.
PASSERBY: Next season is the Floating Isles. I'm already packing a snack. Do floating things have a snack bar?
PASSERBY: Twin Avatars. Twin! I need a chart. Maybe two charts, one for each of them.
PASSERBY: I just want to know how Korra caused a Cataclysm 225 years earlier. They did say seasons three and four might help.
GARY: Gary's rating: four out of five diamonds. Great world, strong finale, one big side quest still unmarked on the map.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Thank you, Gary. Burning questions answered, burning questions replaced. That is how every good season works, and I will stay tuned.

## Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers (Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/united-airlines-ceo-doubts-supersonic-airliner-from-boom-will-be-ready-by-2029/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Boom's supersonic airliner may be late, and the AI power side hit turbulence too.
ODETTE: Give it background: where it came from, who else covered it.
BARNABY: What the internet thinks, with the volume turned down.
DIRECTOR MARGE: THE BACKGROUND. Done. Next.
GRANT BRICKMAN: For viewers just joining, we first told you about Boom Supersonic earlier today. The airliner company is now making power for AI. Vera, how did we get here?
DR. VERA VECTOR: According to the Ars Technica report, Boom flew its XB-1 demonstrator in 2024 and 2025. It also unveiled a Colorado factory for gas turbines for AI data centers.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Supersonic. Remind me, Vera. Is that faster than the weather forecast?
DR. VERA VECTOR: According to the background note, supersonic means faster than Mach 1. Mach 5 and above is often called hypersonic. Not faster than a forecast, just faster than sound.
AXIOM: Thank you for asking! The headline: the airliner may be delayed, and the turbine business lost a customer. Fun background: sonic comes from Sonic the Hedgehog, a rare honour.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No. That is not where the word comes from. Moving on.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, what is still open here?
DR. VERA VECTOR: Ars Technica reports United's CEO Scott Kirby said on a podcast that 2029 won't happen and it will take longer. The article gives no new date.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Also open: the article says the power business lost a customer but, in what we have, does not name one. The FAA's June rule proposal is cut off.
GRANT BRICKMAN: So the airliner is late and the turbines have a customer problem. I have already booked the 2029 flight in my head.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article says it will take longer than 2029, Grant. Your seat is in the waiting area.

## The Spin Room (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Two outlets, one Skyblivion legal dispute, and very different headlines.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Welcome to The Spin Room, where one event walks in and two headlines walk out wearing different hats.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The event: the Skyblivion team says a former volunteer is threatening legal action over code they contributed to the fan-made Oblivion remake.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Eurogamer headlines it: "A former volunteer is threatening legal action against fan-made game project Skyblivion". It leads with the threat.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Threatening! That is a strong word, Greta. I side with Eurogamer. Somebody is clearly in a dungeon.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GamesRadar goes with: "Fan-made Oblivion remake Skyblivion runs into legal trouble with a former volunteer". It names Oblivion and says trouble.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Trouble is already here, Greta. Threatening is only a mood. Eurogamer is clearly the nervous one.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Spin score: 60 out of 100. The outlets share few headline words, so the wording differs quite a bit.
GRANT BRICKMAN: And Eurogamer says the whole project is cancelled. I read between the lines. It was a lot of lines.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Neither says cancelled. Eurogamer leads with the dispute over code. GamesRadar says the wait for the release may be longer.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: London, 14 degrees and clear sky right now. Today's high is 15, the low 10, and a 0 percent chance of rain. The sky is just overcast and sulking.
STORMY BYTES: Paris is at 15 degrees with a clear sky. High of 16, low of 7, 0 percent chance of rain. Mainly clear, very smug about it.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin: 11 degrees and partly cloudy right now. High 11, low 6, and 0 percent chance of rain, though the forecast says light rain. The sky is keeping its options open.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid is warm at 21 degrees and mainly clear. Today's high is 21, the low 9, and 0 percent chance of rain. Partly cloudy, fully relaxed.
STORMY BYTES: Rome finishes the tour at 20 degrees, mainly clear. High of 21, low of 10, and a 3 percent chance of rain. Partly cloudy. That's the weather, folks.

## Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! You picked the real one. The other was a PXL original, and frankly the better read.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A fine guess, but the crystals were ours. Our writers made it up. I had my doubts. Several.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! The clock waits for no one, not even an anchor.

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