Nobody else back home managed to pull the look off, no. [Like being a skeleton is a fashion choice. He's not exactly concerned about it, anyway, that much is obvious.]

The portal was... a joint effort, but yes, it was my idea to open it up. As to whether or not I'm dead, well, I've never fallen through a portal into another dimension before. I'm not sure what was supposed to happen. I certainly didn't expect the haunted ship part.