Screenshot: Marvel Studios Speculative fiction is uniquely equipped to tell stories about grief. With science fiction there’s a whole arsenal of clones, robots, and time travel that can allow mourners to confront their lost loved ones. In fantasy it’s easy to blur the lines between life and death and visit the dead. And obviously horror’s whole deal, from Frankenstein to ghost stories to zombie apocalypses, is about what happens when we confront death. Thanks to But before I talk about the three elements in WandaVision that I think are truly interesting, I’d like to revisit a few of my favorite SFFH works that tackle loss and grief.