*mods delete if not allowed* Do you think Jake and Marley’s relationship breakdown was due to Blake?

Having a bit of a rewatch, and it got me thinking. As we know, Marley and Jake were quite a cute couple until (in what I thought seemed quite a rushed manner) he got written as cheating with Brie.

To me it seemed like Jake was initially added to prove he was a different sort of Puckerman to his older brother, and then they seemed to do a 180 on his character pretty quick.

I also noticed some of the later performances where they’re told to hold hands (on our Way is an example) Blake (and Unique) are holding Melissa’s hand now.

Blake never really had a romance storyline himself bar catfish, quickly forgotten.

S5 (where Marley and Jake broke up) would also have been filmed in 2013/14, so around the time Blake and Melissa started dating.

I’m probs wrong, I just find all the subtle changes interesting.