the vice and vial alliance rename explained
before settling on “vice & vial” for their luminara name, i considered “sinthesis” as a play on words of “sin” and “synthesis.” however this broke the established naming convention more than what i ended up going with. i was going to call them “the sinthesis twins” as a cute reference to their names sounding similar (zetsubou & yokubou) but i didn’t want to confuse the audience by insinuating they were related. even now, i’m still pretty proud of that pun XD
it’s also worth noting that the “vial” in their luminara name also has a double meaning, being both “vial” to reference zetsubou’s background as a mad scientist and “vile” to reference his nasty personality. read that way, “vice & vile” sound more synonymous which i thought played into the similarities between their names. this was eventually changed to “the despair desire alliance” to fit the established naming convention.