Talk:Pale Walkers/@comment-25148755-20140719012844/@comment-1196539-20140719020422

I thought of tying it to other famous pastas, but felt that more would be overloading. As for "caretaker..." well, I believe the general mythos of Slenderman portrays him as a sentient, intelligent being with (albeit hidden) agendas and goals of his own. The Rake, by contrast, is functionally an animal; a vicious, predatory creator quietly stalking its victims and then tearing them to pieces. So I thought to portray the latter more as... a "pet."

The bottom line, though, is that we are the community who feed and relish in these figures of darkness rather than fearing and loathing them.