Grayed out blend shapes and disappearing object parts?

So when I was testing Blendshapes via numerous youtube tutorials. I hit a snag with something none of the tutorials shown me.

My blend shapes section was grayed out and even though I can see the data, I cannot manipulate it in anyway.
Looked online and one suggestion was to switch it to debug mode. did so to no avail.

The rig is made of several objects and one skeletal rig. The only addon in the file is skele