diff --git a/posts/editor_frontier.md b/posts/editor_frontier.md
index 0e525b1..caa7479 100644
--- a/posts/editor_frontier.md
+++ b/posts/editor_frontier.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ draft: true
 tags: []
 ---
 
+https://irreal.org/blog/?p=697
+
 So recently I got a Youtube reccomendation of [Primeagen](https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen) where he reacted to the video below. 
 Of course as I do at this point I didn't watch his reaction and just went to the source to form my own opinion.
 
diff --git a/static/css/colors.css b/static/css/colors.css
index f9f7468..fac3829 100644
--- a/static/css/colors.css
+++ b/static/css/colors.css
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
     --nav-link-bg-color-hover:hsl(0,0%,20%);
     --content-border-color: #5ac;
     /*stolen from code theme*/
-    --blockquote-bg: rgb(29, 31, 33);
+    
+    --codeblock-bg: rgb(29, 31, 33);
+    --blockquote-bg: oklch(30% 0.01 325);
+    --blockquote-accent-color: oklch(45% 0.1628 256.77);
     --highlight-bg: #fff;
     --highlight-fg: #000;
     --nav-link-bg-color-active: #118411;
@@ -60,7 +63,9 @@
     --nav-link-bg-color: hsl(0,0%,75%);
     --nav-link-bg-color-hover:hsl(0,0%,70%);
     --content-border-color: #026;
-    --blockquote-bg: rgb(226,224,222);
+    --codeblock-bg: rgb(226,224,222);
+    --blockquote-bg: oklch(70% 0.012 296.97);
+    --blockquote-accent-color: oklch(45% 0.1628 256.77);
     --highlight-bg: #000;
     --highlight-fg: #fff;
     --nav-link-bg-color-active: #118411;
@@ -123,6 +128,9 @@ a:active {
 
 blockquote {
     background: var(--blockquote-bg);
+    & > * {
+        border-left: solid var(--blockquote-accent-color);
+    }
     strong {
         color:red;
     }
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ blockquote {
 
 pre:has( > code), pre.hljs {
     /*I don't wanna dig into highlight.js internals to make !important redundant*/
-    background: var(--blockquote-bg) !important;
+    background: var(--codeblock-bg) !important;
 }
 /*fancy user selection for funsies*/
 ::selection {
diff --git a/static/css/layout.css b/static/css/layout.css
index 8f17c61..5278896 100644
--- a/static/css/layout.css
+++ b/static/css/layout.css
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ article {
 }
 blockquote {
     /*font-style: italic;*/
-    padding: 0.5em 1em;
+    padding: 0;
     border-radius: 0.5rem;
     p{
         /*margin is annoying in this case*/
-        margin: 0;
+        margin: 0.4em 0.5em;
+        padding: 0em 0.5em;
     }
 }
 /*might need to become grid when adding in table of contents and sidenotes*/