#rakes

[cto10121]

No, you like the rake trope in historical romance because you harbor fantasies about “taming the bad boy.” I like the rake trope in historical romance because I believe men are meant to serve one purpose and one purpose only, which is to act as gorgeous muses in your quest to become like the Eternal Goddess, and when a young woman is flush in her second heat and hears the Call to undergo her long and arduous Trial, there are few things more primally thrilling than the sight of a man in calf-tight breeches with loose white chemise, eager and willing to join you in the holy and ancient practice of night love. We are not the same.

[fromtheblocksblog]

We need to bring back the term Rake.

Whore, slut, promiscuous… it just doesn’t hit it’s not specific enough to men.

[regency-monster-love]

What is a rake in this context? I'm assuming you don't mean the lawn care tool.

The simple answer is a rake is a playboy.

More accurately, it's a historical romance novel MMC archetype who is dissolute, carefree, sexy, a charming bad boy, devoted just to pleasure, sleeps around, has no intent to ever marry—and then he meets the FMC and everything changes. He resists it at first, he swore he would be a slutty bachelor forever, but he falls in love with her and then wants to change for her, he wants to settle down with her, and he does—though still keeping his saucy rakishness, just for her—and somehow she never catches syphilis from him and they live happily ever after.

Usually rakes are rich, because how are you gonna devote your life to pleasure when you have a job? But I'm all for equal opportunity rakes. Let the tailor or shopkeeper or banker or even farmer be a seductive charming slut if he wants!

Hope that helps! Here's the poll to vote on your favorite type of romance rake.

[fruitmaddie]

the rake creepypasta implies the existence of the lawnmower creepypasta or perhaps the weedwhacker

[thatpollguy]

Do you own a garden rake?

Yes

No, but I used to

No, I've never had one

Voting ended onNov 29, 2025

[oldshowbiz]

Rake Oil Salesman

[springfieldnerv]

(groans)