Orienting Characters

JustSomeDude266

So I've decided to try doing an animation here but it seems that I can't orient connected characters properly. I've attempted rotating the character that they're attached to and the transform sliders but they always snap upside down when I try this, they never stand straight up. Would love some help with this

odes

There's a purple node for the thrusting character. Try moving it in the direction you want the character to stand in.