Squidvia

Squidvia is the het ship between Squidward and Squilvia from the SpongeBob SquarePants fandom.

Canon
First appearing in the episode Love that Squid, Squilvia was introduced as a love interest for Squidward. Seeing her in line at the Krusty Krab, Squidward immediately becomes infatuated with her but unsure how to approach her. SpongeBob takes notice of this and asks her out on Squidward's behalf. She accepts but isn't seen again until the end of the episode, bearing witness to Squidward blowing up at SpongeBob. Though Squidward initially assumes she will no longer want to see him after the display, she admits that she finds it dreamy that he isn't willing to put up with foolishness longer than he deems necessary. After this exchange, she walks off with Squidward for their date.

So far Squilvia has not been seen again in the original series, or any of the spin-offs. As a result of this, there has been no follow-up or exploration of their relationship. Though it is never explicitly stated in the episode itself that the two entered a steady relationship at the end, this was seemingly the case based on official commentary regarding their relationship. According to current show runner Vincent Waller, the two are no longer together. As he put it, the relationship either came to an end because she broke up with him or she was eaten by a whale. However, a few years later the two were featured in official SpongeBob social media page featuring original artwork of several couples under the mistletoe. Though the artwork of Squidward and Squilvia about to kiss under the mistletoe could have suggested the possibility of the two still being together, Squidward has been shown to be single as of season 13.

Fanon
Though other ships involving Squidward had always been more popular, there had been a small fanbase for Squilvia's relationship with Squidward. This is largely a result of the fact that at the time the series was notorious for being unjustly cruel to Squidward, and so the relationship was well-received. Even among those who don't actively ship it, the relationship is usually appreciated in some form as it was considered to be a rare narrative kindness to be paid to Squidward. But though it had it's fans, it was never particularly popular due to the relative obscurity of Squilvia, as she was introduced in what the fandom considered to be a rough period in the series' history and she hasn't made an appearance since. Presumably those who still ship them are still around, but the relationship has been long overshadowed by other ships in fandom spaces.

Squidward and Squilvia's relationship is rarely depicted as being on-going these days, mostly as a result of Vincent Waller's statement regarding their relationship status. So modern works will more often than not reference the relationship in past-tense, with the two breaking up somewhere between their episode together and whenever the fanwork is meant to be set. Despite the suggestion that the relationship apparently ended on bad terms, it is far more common for the two to be portrayed as amiable exes. This is especially in fanworks that explore other relationships featuring Squidward, such as SquidBob. How or why the two broke up is circumstantially dependent on the individual's fanwork, and how an artist or writer views the characters in question. But rarely has it been depicted as an argument involving Squidward's clarinet playing, as Vincent Waller suggested.

Fandom

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