What exactly is the original Rake story?
The one I thought came first, was the one with a bunch supposed of articles and accounts, ending with a longer story by a wife:
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Rake
The only things that really stuck with me was that the Rake has a really stupid name and that the story gets really homoerotic, with the nude Rake fondling the husband (the original Rakes being pretty much into all kinds of sexual debauchery - so I guess the silly name ends up fitting the overall theme).
I guess it wasn't as overtly bad as Sonic.exe or HappyAppy or Jeff the Killer or most other notorious bad creepypastas, so I can understand people enjoying this just because it isn't as terrible as a lot of the other popular stuff out there - still wouldn't consider it well written.