When Jac Schaeffer, the creator and head writer of Disney+’s WandaVision, set out to craft the Marvel limited series, she knew exactly what story she didn’t want to tell. She felt strongly that the world had seen enough female characters, particularly in the genre space, buckle under too much power, only to have a man swoop in and save her from herself. “The idea that that’s the only resolution or endpoint for a powerful woman …” says Schaeffer, her frustration with the cliche palpable. “It isn’t.”
For Marvel’s first big swing on the small screen, she offered up a different narrative, one that felt more authentic to her and the women in her life. Wanda, portrayed by a magnetic Elizabeth Olsen as one half of the show’s eponymous couple, wouldn’t…
