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also the idea of Squidward wanting to kill Patrick and Spongebob is very flawed and only occurs when bad writers are allowed to get a hold of the episode he is in (see my "lack of canon" above).. at his core Squidward is meant to be rather cruel and ill-mannered BUT does have a good side.. he has defended Spongebob before and if he goes too far he usually tries to fix things.. when he lacks the empathic side it is a type of Flanderization of his original character (same as writers who focus purely on Patrick being stupid, when Patrick has other qualities.. the old Patrick was essentially a "nice" guy.. his current state is due to poor writing, not character design).

Squidward would never try and kill anyone, it is against what he is.. if he was trying to kill someone it'd be due to writers poorly handling him and that's about it.. he'll do horrible things but actual villainy that hurts and kills people? no.. he's not that evil.. that's why Krabs is seen as worse because he WILL do things that severely harm / possibly kill people if he is motivated enough by his greed and that is part of his actual character, not just "bad writing" (though really the idea of murder in Spongebob is a "bad writing" thing as the show is not meant to have these kinds of subjects in it to begin with, it's a comedy.. not a murder show)