he has something of an old timey Strong Man build.

Not old timey, this is just a normal body composition of a serious long time strongman/lifter. Body builders focus on being “shredded” (low body fat) but most strong men have a more healthy bf percent/enough to have a gut (maybe around 30-35 percent)

He is just bulking.

Im assuming this is a joke. The handle literally has comedy in it brother, loosen your anus.

Yeah, she just communicated and worked out a deal with mark because she loves him, lol. Saying they changed her character doesn’t make sense, people don’t understand normal human relationships.

This was clearly the long term plot goal from the beginning.

it is pretty clear the writers heard the backlash and made very noticeable improvements to her relationship with Mark.

They didn’t though? This is just the natural course of events and makes sense for the character? You know, communicating and working things out with people she loves.

They didn’t back track, or change the character due to back lash, this is just what was already going to happen, what did you think was going to happen after their reconciliation at the end of season 1?