User blog comment:Skeith9/Heroic Spirits Speculation/@comment-5739199-20140507023222/@comment-1458758-20140507144520

I'm with Orochi on this part. Besides, as I told Shawn before, whether you portray him as good or bad, people are gonna be pissed.

If he's evil, then some people will think he's just some sleazy Jewish Stereotype, even if his religion is never brought into his character.

If he's good, some people will think it's an attempt to herofy someone who killed their saviour, thus saying it was A-OK to kill Jesus.

The way I look at it however, is that if you look at the story, Jesus knew he was gonna die, he said it at the last supper, he knew who was going to betray him and in the end, Judas, feeling guilty for his own betrayal, killed himself, but had he not sold Jesus out, he wouldn't of died and done the whole absolution of sin that was required of him.

So Judas, to me at least, represents a very literal portrayal of necessary evil and considering his last actions, could be turned into a very compelling hero for a story.

I mean, think about it, by Christian and I think Jewish doctrine, he pretty much guaranteed himself damnation for taking his own life. If he then becomes a hero for the Grail, you could make his entire arc like Arthur, trying to undo his mistake, either by saving Jesus or just not killing himself, depending on how self interested you want to make him, but in the end, have him realise his role in the salvation of people. Sure he'd still be damned, but others would have been morally saved through his action.

He is a very compelling character, not because he's some sleazy Jewish Stererotype, but because in order for the Christian salvation to occur, Judas had to betray him to the Romans and the Pharisees.