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The Iscariots of the Catholic Church. Here to spread the word of god.
Well, I'm not even gonna watch Earthspark anymore (I tried, I failed, I'm good with it), but my god, I have to make a point. Why I understand those who're tired of Starscream being a piece of shit. It seems to me that all these people who are openly pissed about Starscream being an evil bastard again are not ignorant of the fact that he's canonically a villain in every continuity, except for SG. It's hard not to notice that he's such a traitorous baddie he's got his own evil trope on TV Tropes.
Starscream being the traitor to Megatron's big bad, whose part in the story is to overthrow his leader (well, to be accurate, to try and fail and get his ass kicked), is a core principle of almost any TF narrative. An absolute law of the TF universe.
Look, there's no Jesus' character arc without Judas betraying him. (Some may argue that Judas didn't betray him, he just SOLD him, but, eh, still not nice.) I absolutely love how it was reflected in L. Andreyev's "Judas Iscariot", where it clearly pains Judas to betray his master. But he has to. Otherwise, the story won't happen, the purpose won't be fulfilled, the act of providence won't be done, the myth of Christ won't happen. And from my postmodern point of view, I admire how well this aspect of the myth creation was nailed. Even if I'm doing some crazy hermeneutics here.
So, Starscream being evil, betraying Megatron, and becoming the leader of the Decepticons is fine. It serves the narrative. The problem is that his characterization does not evolve. Cartoon G1 Megs is a far cry from what we're getting now. By this moment, he's been a proletarian, a revolutionary, a gladiator, a poet, an activist, an atoner, Optimus' friend, the Autobot's ally, the American government's ("humanity's") ally. Bad guy, good guy, misunderstood guy. It's all Megatron.
And Starscream? Oh, he's a motherfucker with a heart of a jerk, vile, cowardly, incompetent, prone to gloating, morally inferior, having no goals aside from being the leader for the sake of being the fucking leader. Yeah, they experimented with his personality, his goals, and his methods in Armada. In IDW Starscream was doing better before it turned out to just serve Windblade's arc. But it's not much in comparison with what Megatron's getting.
It's too early to tell in which direction they're gonna take Steamcream in TF: One. But I'm inclined to expect him to follow his usual characterization and tropes. A despicable, corrupt asshole, while Megatron seems like a nice guy turned rebellious and violent under oppression. Again, it's the authors' favorite boy Megatron and their whipping boy Starscream to pin all the lowly evil shit on.
What would you think if the writers pulled a fast one and had Judas not immediately die from the hanging? Instead, he was taken down and rejoices when he hears rumors of Jesus resurrection before soon dying of his neck injury.
From what I remember, Judas killed himself even before Jesus death, so it's probably unlikely they end his character like this (plus it would be very cruel of them to do this to him)
the son of man turns to the treasurer
somewhere between a kiss and several acts of extreme violence ending in a martyrdom
and he said to him
"this has to happen,
i absolve you"
and Judas said
"son of god
i eat your
absolutions
and in time they
may fill me"
sometime later the treasurer stands alone
muttering to himself
"should i see you again?
how many bitter absolutions
would you have me swallow?"
What was I made for?
—
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis / Hannibal, s2ep13 / Judas’ Gift by Adam Phillips / The Kiss of Judas Iscariot by Ignazio Jacometti / Hannibal, s3ep0
Today is Spy Wednesday, the day Judas betrayed Jesus Christ.
Wandering in the dark - 2023 ballpoint pen
GB WANDERER
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Guirgis
Frankenstein, Shelley
galiba sen ağladın, yahuda? keriyotlu yahuda'nın aptal olduğunu söyleyen kayafa gerçekten haklı mı yoksa? büyük intikam gününde ağlayan ona layık değil demektir, biliyor musun bunu, yahuda? gözlerimin seni kandırmasına izin verme, yüreğinin yalan söylemesine izin verme, ateşin üstüne gözyaşlarını dökme, keriyotlu yahuda!
Leonid Andreyev - Yahuda İskariot
Sitting, Smiling On Your Shoulder
It is well known that in medieval art, Satan is often depicted as butt ugly and grotesque. But where do we see him in this art? According to one journal, we mostly often see him in relation to two biblical figures: The Betrayer Judas and The Believer Mary Madelene. While Mary Madelene is interesting in her own right, I particularly want to look at the art of the devil and Judas. The first way we see the devil with Judas is perched over his solider as he makes a pact with the roman guards to betray Jesus at the last supper.
In this 1302 painting we see the devil as a shadowing and canine-like. He is shown committing the sin of greed with Satan guiding his hand. The next way we see Judas is with the devil on his back during the last supper, often with Judas seeming remorseful even though he is about to betray the Son of Man with a kiss. But the one I find the most interesting is Judas’s death by suicide. In his guilt over betraying Jesus, he hangs himself. The exact way the demons are shown vary, from pulling the rope and hanging him to embracing him. But my favourite interpretation is the devil pulling Judas’s soul from his body to be sent to Hell. There is such a sense of remorse and panic in these paintings that illustrates how much Hell and the Devil was feared. Or to some people how the traitor Judas was despised. It also has the most colourful devils, both in pallet and design. Green, frog-like, butterfly-winged, and bird feet seem to be a common theme with these interpretations like in this 1476 painting.
Dante says that Judas is being chewed on in Hell by the Devil. Based on these paintings, I think it’s a double punishment with how bad his breath probably is.
Source: Monzón Pertejo, Elena, and Victoria Bernad López. “The demons of judas and Mary Magdalene in medieval art.” Religions, vol. 13, no. 11, 2022, p. 1048, https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13111048