Wedlock

**Wedlock** is the Simplicitrix/Stabilized Simplicitrix's DNA sample of a Nuptialoid Union (between a Nuptialoid-A and a Nuptialoid-B) from the planet Matri-Monium. They are a free-use alien originally made by WTB.

## Appearance

When the user transforms into Wedlock, their mind and consciousness splits into two beings mid-transformation, the Nuptialoid-A DNA sample, dubbed the "Groom," and the Nuptialoid-B DNA sample, dubbed the "Bride" respectively.

The Groom is a tall, organic humanoid with masculine features, including a chiseled jawline, muscular body, and more squared characteristics, along with dark teal skin, bright orange accents in the form of jagged stripes over the skin on his neck and limbs, simplistic humanoid face with red eyes, black eyebrows, and short, green hair. The Groom's outfit is strongly based off a wedding's groom, consisting of a dark, buttoned tuxedo suit with a black tie, an exposed red handkerchief in a pocket on his left pectoral, and dress shoes. He has a white shirt and red vest, as well as a bowler hat akin to Rumorse's own.

The Bride is a tall, organic humanoid with feminine features, including smoother facial features, a curvier body, and more rounded characteristics, and the same skin patterns as the Groom in the form of jagged stripes over her neck and limbs, along with a simplistic humanoid face with red eyes, black eyebrows, and long, green hair. The Bride's outfit is strongly based off a wedding's bride, consisting of a red dress and high-heels.

Both instances of Wedlock wear the Simplicitrix on their left ring fingers.

## Personality

Under normal circumstances, Wedlock have a notoriously dysfunctional relationship between another one, comically arguing at nearly all times, comparable to a bickering couple, and typically over the pettiest and smallest things, due to their different outlooks and frequent struggles at understanding the other. It is very common for the two of them to drop anything that they are doing, and get into an argument over virtually anything negative and mundane in particular.

However, despite their relationship appearing messy and maladjusted on the surface, the two gravely care for another one's wellbeing and feelings, and will not be afraid to show it in drastic and scary situations that snaps them out of their trances, even if they were argumentative just moments earlier. Under less stressful circumstances, the two may even show affection and forget what they were previously fighting about.

## Powers

* Wedlock, both the Groom and Bride, can manipulate various types of bonds, whenever physically or figuratively, and are able to induce various forms of fission and fusion through the generation of ring-shaped beams of energy from their palms, alternatively from their wedding rings to focus them into thinner, smaller beams to downscale their destructiveness, or into a object through physical contact.
	+ As for physically, Wedlock is able to both separate and conjoin any form of matter from one another and to one another, allowing them to tear apart and merge any physical object together, even the bond between atoms themselves to make them inseparable again, which they can use to produce electricity, change one material's matter into another, and even create destructive explosions through atomic dissociation.
	+ As for figuratively, Wedlock is able to alter a selected person's personality, relationships, viewpoints, and moral orientations, essentially having the complete power to change who they are as a person, and as go as far as to turn someone good completely antagonistic and evil, and isolate someone by manipulating their relationships with other people. Although a majority of figurative changes are only temporary, long-term alterations can make them permanent.
	+ Wedlock's bond manipulation can also break psychic bonds, such as the effects of specific mental powers, like telepathy, telekinesis, persuasion, and generally any form of mind control.
* The Groom, compared to the Bride, possesses enhanced strength and durability, at least being able to hold his own in a fight very easily against six grown men, both without breaking a sweat and withstanding any punishment dealt his way during the process. The Groom also has a very strong natural resistance to plasma-based attacks, such as high-voltage electricity and extreme heat, and can be both mentally and spiritually empowered by surrounding signs of masculinity.
* The Bride, compared to the Groom, possesses enhanced agility and reflexes, being able to move very briskly despite wearing high-heels thanks to her precise center of balance, and easily clock in at superhuman levels of speed. The Bride can alternatively withstand the exact opposite of the Groom, being extreme cold and attacks of pure energy, such as laser beams and constructs, and and can be both mentally and spiritually empowered by surrounding signs of femininity.
* Wedlock both possess an enhanced level of dexterity, and equally share a very strong mental barrier against psychic abilities thanks to their aforementioned ability to instantaneously sever any form of psychic connection before it can even take effect on them.
* Through a spiritual link, Wedlock's instances can separately "perceive" and generally sense one another's locations at all times if even physically separated, existing as the only bond that Wedlock appears entirely incapable of severing apart no matter what, due to the psychic and genetic linking of both individuals once their gender-specific species join together as a Nuptialoid Union.

## Weaknesses

* Even if not genuine, Wedlock's argumentative relationship and negative interactions with one another are their greatest weakness, as if even very brief, it can completely derail them from an active battle and leave them vulnerable to sudden attacks. The genuine care Wedlock's instances both have for one another also means that they can be mentally and spiritually weakened with the lack of empathy towards one another, meaning that despite knowing they still love one another, constant fights with no break over an extensive period of time can physically wear down.
* Stated above, Wedlock's manipulation over figurative bonds have only temporary effects, meaning they require prolonged use to make them permanent, and in addition, their shared power overall has a defined limit, meaning they cannot break apart something ludicrous like all of reality.
* Also stated above, akin to the same case of Ditto, or Blamurai with his sword, the Simplicitrix cannot revert the user both back if both instances of Wedlock are too far away from one another.

## Etymology

* Wedlock's name simply means "the state of being married."
* Wedlock's species name of "Nuptialoid" is a combination of "nuptial," which means "relating to marriage or weddings" and the suffix of -oid, a commonly-used suffix for alien species names.
* Wedlock's planet name of "Matri-Monium" is the word "matrimonium," the Latin translation of "matrimonial," which means "relating to marriage or married people," albeit the second and third syllables separated with an hyphen.

## Trivia

* Both instances of Wedlock originally had different hats, with the Bride originally having a lifted wedding veil, and the Groom originally having a top-hat opposed to his bowler hat.
* The placeholder names of Wedlock's instances were originally "Wed" and "Lock," which stuck for a lengthy period of time until WTB properly got around to thinking up something for them.