Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542887-20170709003930/@comment-1705775-20170712015323

"Squidward will try and kill Spongebob and Patrick in sadistic, twisted ways"



(sorry but had to be done)

Squidward has actually felt remorse for his actions, he has stood up for Spongebob and despite having a strong antagonistic streak to him is more often the victim than the aggressor - even at his absolute worst Squidward is nowhere NEAR murderous levels of criminality.. he can be a bully and a schemer but he knows when he goes too far and that's a key factor between being a "dislikable jerk" and being a villain..

villains either don't care when they go too far or don't believe there are any moral boundries - they will very rarely feel remorse for misdeeds and even if they do they rarely actively try and better the wrongs they do (note: this is for most villains NOT all.. anti-villains etc are much more complex but that's a whole different ball-game).

jerks usually understand when they go too far and will try and undo the harm they inflict, even if it is at their own expense.. Homer Simpson was a complete jerk in the Simpsons movie and almost crossed a major character line into "villainous jerk" but what saved him was that once he finally realized he had gone too far he went to great lengths to fix his mistakes.

Squidward doesn't go quite as far as Homer in correcting his misdeeds but he DOES have a sense of right and wrong, so implying he would ever outright "sadistically murder" someone is one of the most ridiculous things I've heard in a while.