“Unmasking the Madness: How ‘Agatha All Along’ Turns Superhero Tropes on Their Head with Chilling Precision”
Schaeffer deliberately chose to blend the superhero genre with horror to define the witches in the MCU, a decision that seems to have influenced Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. While that film opened to mixed reactions, Schaeffer and her writing team had more flexibility to play with genres without having to consider the continuity of a complex, multi-film narrative.
“Once I embraced that, then it was like, ‘OK, what’s horror and how many shades of horror can we put in this box?’ Because that’s what I loved about WandaVision—how many TV tropes and shades of the sitcom can we put in this show and do it accurately, authentically, while still giving it resonance within our show and emotional arc?” Schaeffer told Script Magazine.
