   ;; if I just want to click open some file
   :ensure smartparens
   :defer 1
+  :diminish (smartparens-mode . "<>") ;; red diamond
   :config
   (set-face-attribute 'sp-show-pair-match-face nil ;; ELEGENT WEAPONS
-                      :weight 'black :background "black" :foreground "firebrick")
+                      :background "#181818"        ;; Star Wound
+                      :foreground "#A41210" ;; Tamriel-Aetherius-Oblivion
+                      :weight 'bold)
   (set-face-attribute 'sp-show-pair-mismatch-face nil ;; FOR A MORE... CIVILIZED AGE.
-                      :weight 'black :background "firebrick" :foreground "black")
+                      :background "#161616" ;; the void unknown
+                      :foreground "#003B6F" ;; Tardis blue, Mnemoli
+                      :weight 'black)
   (smartparens-global-mode t)
   (show-smartparens-global-mode t)
-  (diminish 'smartparens-mode "<>")
-
+  
   (use-package hippie-exp
     ;; this package always gets loaded at startup even with defer
     ;; had to hide it here

;; navigation ;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(use-package neotree
  :bind ("<f8>" . neotree-toggle)
  :config ;; The Lunar Lattice: Moon Axle
  (set-face-attribute 'neo-root-dir-face nil :foreground "gray" :height 120 :inverse-video t :box "snow")
  (set-face-attribute 'neo-expand-btn-face nil :foreground "ivory" :height 120)
  (set-face-attribute 'neo-dir-link-face nil :foreground "linen" :height 120)
  (set-face-attribute 'neo-file-link-face nil :foreground "azure" :height 120 :slant 'oblique)
  (setq neo-theme 'nerd
        neo-window-width 20
        neo-window-fixed-size nil
        neo-show-updir-line nil
        neo-show-hidden-files t
        neo-create-file-auto-open t
        neo-smart-open t))

(use-package ido
  :init
  (add-hook 'window-setup-hook 'ido-mode) ;; defer til the end of start-up

 '(package-enable-at-startup nil))

(custom-set-faces
 ;; I bow not yet before the Iron Crown,
 '(region ((t (:background "#242424")))) ;; Nirn gray
 ;; nor cast my own small golden sceptre down.
 '(cursor ((t (:background "#DAA520")))) ;; goldenrod
 ;; Ink and gold.
 '(mc/cursor-face ((t (:background "#DAA520" :foreground "#242424")))))

;; keys for switching windows
(windmove-default-keybindings 'meta)
