Is it important that Jake be Stefan?

[Laura23]

IMO I would prefer he be Jake so we get the magical connection of BB & CB without the Stefan baggage. Also there has been far too many returns from the dead. However if he is SD, so be it!

[tiff5555]

Think about it he was shot in the head and he somehow survived and woke up with no memory of who he is so he is going by Jake

I agree! It sounds reasonable!

[Chri]

And Stefan and Ben were a team and now Jake and Ben can be

[Chri]

Ben is redeemable ciaras love changed him yes he did the worst thing you can do but he had a mental breakdown and he doesn’t sugarcoat it he admits it Ciara taught him what true love was

[magoo1000]

I don't care who he is. I just wanna look at him. LOL. But I want him to be gray like Stefan. I do not want him to be like Ben. To me Ben is irredeemable.

[Chri]

Think about it he was shot in the head and he somehow survived and woke up with no memory of who he is so he is going by Jake

[Clementine15]

l would like him to be Jake, not Stefan. Much more interesting to me. And building a relationship with Gabi, so different than before

[dee2]

I'm just going to enjoy Jake's story as long as possible. If he is Stefan, maybe it will take awhile to know that. If he is Jake, the more he hears
about the goings on in Salem, the funnier his reaction should be. Unless he, as Jake, has a back story to trump the one he was told today about his
lookalike.

[pnorbert2222]

I'm fine with him sticking around...if he isn't Stefan. Stefan was a bad character. I mean he was more a poorly conceived character than an evil one.

[Skins 2008]

I think this is the real Stefan and the other one was Vivian's other son Quinn pretending to be him.

[pippimommy]

I hope he is just Jake. Maybe Stefan's secret identical twin. I didn't have anything against Stefan, I just like the appeal of what this new character has and hope he can bring back some of the better parts of Gabi's character that she has lost/ locked away. I'm also sooo over the coming back from the dead storyline. Either way I hope they spend some time with him as just Jake and we get to witness a real and natural bonding and love progression between two people. Not rushed. Not forced. Not built off of revenge or manipulation or lies or hate sex whatever. Just two people falling in love, healing each other and bringing out the best in each other.

Then once we are all sold hook line and sinker for Jabi they can throw in a plot twist if they want.... he really is Stefan. Or Stefan is still alive and returns to find his secret unknown identical twin with his wife. Or just leave it with "Just Jake". That's at least my hope. Looking forward to seeing how they play this out. Hoping they take the classy route and not the trashy route that has been destroying Gabi's credibility and likeability. She deserves a healthy love interest for once.

[JackandJenfan]

Where are you seeing this talk about Jake and Chloe? I'm on Twitter and DR and I'm seeing nada. BB and NB had no chem the first time around.

[prinxe]

I'm not really a Stefan fan, but I'd much rather see him than another doppelganger. So hopefully he's actually Stefan and not a separate person.

[Flowercity79]

he sure does have some splaining to do and he better do it quickly! Our girl Gabi is not a patient woman lol!

[Key]

If he's not Stefan, the writers have to build a whole new character and weave him into the canvas. Besides that, fans were mostly clamoring for Stefan's return, not BB's.
At the very worst he'd be Jake pretending to be Stefan in order to help Gabi with DE. Which does neither of them any credit.
Simpler all around that he be Stefan. Fans overlook implausible things, so let him be a Rolf reclamation.