Haha, hey man! No, it's not really possible to decouple Marionette from Backbone, I just don't like typing "Backbone Marionette" every time, so I just use "Mari

Haha, hey man! No, it's not really possible to decouple Marionette from Backbone, I just don't like typing "Backbone Marionette" every time, so I just use "Marionette." But for the uninitiated, Marionette is indeed a layer on top of Backbone.