Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542887-20170709003930/@comment-30829344-20170711195838

Squidward was pretty villainous in the early days of Spongebob but he's actually a neutral character.. Krabs and Plankton are the official recurring villains of the show, any other depictions on Spongebob, Plankton, Sandy or Squidward is largely due to internet critics and fans warping them or writers of the show giving them VERY out of character moments that happen when you "Flanderize" characters or just plain don't care about character traits for sake of shock / controversy.

look at how Simpsons have treated Homer, he went from being a likeable dimwit to a near mindless Peter Griffin-esque clone.. due to bad writing, not due to Homer's character (who is meant to be a flawed dimwit who still loves his family and friends.. while Mr Burns is meant to be the official villain of Simpsons).

as for Squidward ever contemplating "sadistically killing" anyone.. sorry but that's blatant hyperbole.. no one in Spongebob universe is that evil.. not even Krabs or Plankton.. "sadistic killing" is just not a topic Spongebob ever deals with : even Puff's infamous attempts at killing Spongebob were far from "sadistic" (simply insane).. also that Puff episode should NOT be considered a proper portrayal of her charact at all.

one instance of Puff going insane and trying to kill Spongebob is bad writing and should never be seen as an indication of her true character - I say we delete Puff's page.. it'd be like keeping a page about "modern Patrick" (the stupid, selfish version we see these days) we don't.. because the modern depiction of Patrick is largely just bad writing or fan theories.. his original character has always been at its core "stupid but still somewhat likeable".