Yeah! I drew heavy inspiration from Seven Association Faust with the posing and outfit. I mean, the background itself is even ripped from Limbus.

Thank you! I definitely need to like, do more stuff like this. Usually I just struggle a lot with background design so I just stick to the void TM.

(But yeah if for whatever reason, you see yourself playing an Archipelago with friends, I would so recommend Paint because it is both easy to set up and fun.)

Thank you! The pose was definitely something I struggled with hahaha.

If it looks fine in Object and Edit Mode, you may want to try Clear Transform in the Pose Menu in Pose Mode. I might be able to also look at the file myself on like Discord if that would be motr convenient than trying to help through Bluesky's comment system haha.

Like, is it still rotating when you parent it or is it just not allowing itself to be parented?

No problem! Update me if it ends up working or not if it wouldn't be a bother. It might be some other things, but that is my immediate answer.

Like, CTRL+A both the mesh and armature, it should reset their rotation and scale, and make their origin point be the center of the scene.

Late response, but if I had to hazard a guess, it is probably something to do with the transforms? I think it should be CTRL+A to apply transforms. So, do that first then try parenting maybe?

Oh that balloon pompadour is such a clever design choice! Lovely!