Talk:The Rake/@comment-24466828-20160313173751

After I finally sat down to read this a few days ago, I can safely say that I don't know why it's so popular? I'm glad that it hasn't been spammed everywhere around the web like Slenderman has. For this reason, I'm not going to call it super overrated. I feel like its popularity status sits about where I think it should be. However, this story is still overrated and it has a few flaws flaws.

My first issue with it is with the logs and supposed journal entries of people who encountered it. Why did you only expand one of them? I feel like you should've expanded the other ones too. The 2006 note? Pretty good. Best note in this story in my opinion. The 1964 note? It's descent and shows promise, but it needs more added to it. The 1880 and 1691 notes? They are uncreative and too short to leave any impact on me whatsoever.

Also, you said that nearly two dozen notes were found near the beginning. Why didn't you put them in this story too? Writing "In almost all cases, the stories were identical." to justify the lack of notes is a huge missed opportunity. It's also a lazy way to justify their absence.

Considering that the few paragraphs at the beginning were just buildup which didn't provide much fear to me, I can safely say that I disliked most parts to this story.

In conclusion, this was a bad story. 2 of the notes were okay, but that's really all I can say for this story. Considering how the thing which I liked the most about this story (the 2006 note) was only pretty decent, I can safely say that this is a downright horrible pasta. I'll give it a 2/10.