diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/diff.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/diff.scss
index f8a24191d2..5eca3c308d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/diff.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/diff.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ body {
   background: $ui-base-darker-color;
 }
 
+.button {
+  text-shadow: 0 0 6px $faint-shadow-color;
+}
+
+.button:disabled {
+  background-color: $ui-button-disabled-background-color;
+}
+
+.icon-with-badge__badge {
+  text-shadow: 0 0 2px $base-shadow-color;
+}
+
 // hashtags in primary color
 .status__content a {
   color: $highlight-text-color;
@@ -22,18 +34,18 @@ body {
 .compose-panel {
   .compose-form__autosuggest-wrapper {
     background-color: #fff0; // transparent background so it doesn't mess with border-radius
-    border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-    border-top: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-    border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+    //    border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+    //    border-top: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+    //    border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
     border-radius: $border-radius $border-radius 0 0;
   }
 
-  .compose-form__buttons-wrapper {
-    border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-    border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-    border-radius: 0 0 $border-radius $border-radius;
-  }
+  //  .compose-form__buttons-wrapper {
+  //    border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+  //    border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+  //    border-bottom: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+  //    border-radius: 0 0 $border-radius $border-radius;
+  //  }
 
   .compose-form__poll-wrapper .icon-button {
     color: $lighter-text-color;
@@ -61,14 +73,15 @@ body {
   }
 
   select {
+    // s/o to whoever decided this is the way to colorize SVGs
     background: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 14.933 18.467' height='19.698' width='15.929'><path d='M3.467 14.967l-3.393-3.5H14.86l-3.392 3.5c-1.866 1.925-3.666 3.5-4 3.5-.335 0-2.135-1.575-4-3.5zm.266-11.234L7.467 0 11.2 3.733l3.733 3.734H0l3.733-3.734z' fill='#{hex-color(lighten($simple-background-color, 14%))}'/></svg>")
       no-repeat right 8px center / auto 16px;
   }
 }
 
-.spoiler-input input {
-  border: 1px solid $ui-base-extra-light-color;
-}
+// .spoiler-input input {
+//   border: 1px solid $ui-base-extra-light-color;
+// }
 
 .poll__option input[type='text']::placeholder {
   color: $darker-text-color;
@@ -125,7 +138,8 @@ body {
 
 .search__input {
   background: $ui-base-semi-lighter-color;
-  border: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+
+  //  border: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
 
   &::placeholder {
     color: $dark-text-color;
@@ -133,6 +147,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .emoji-button img {
+  // fancier "grayscale" mode for the emoji picker button
   mix-blend-mode: luminosity;
   opacity: 0.65;
 }
@@ -265,9 +280,10 @@ body {
 .column-header {
   border-top-left-radius: $border-radius;
   border-top-right-radius: $border-radius;
-  border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-  border-top: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-  border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+
+  //  border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+  //  border-top: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+  //  border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
 }
 
 .column-header,
@@ -296,13 +312,30 @@ body {
 }
 
 // timed line
-.status {
-  border-bottom: 0; // no separators between posts
+// .status {
+//   border-bottom: 0; // no separators between posts
+// }
+
+// .column > .scrollable {
+//   border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+//   border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+// }
+
+.column-header__back-button {
+  background: none;
+  color: $highlight-text-color;
 }
 
-.column > .scrollable {
-  border-left: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
-  border-right: 1px solid $ui-base-lighter-color;
+.reactions-bar__item {
+  background: $ui-base-extra-light-color;
+
+  &.active {
+    background: adjust-color($ui-button-background-color, $alpha: -0.5);
+
+    .reactions-bar__item__count {
+      color: $ui-button-color;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .media-gallery__item.letterbox {
@@ -330,3 +363,13 @@ body {
     background-color: $ui-base-color;
   }
 }
+
+// settings
+
+.admin-wrapper {
+  .sidebar ul .simple-navigation-active-leaf a,
+  .content__heading__tabs a.selected {
+    background-color: $ui-highlight-color;
+    text-shadow: 0 0 6px $faint-shadow-color;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/variables.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/variables.scss
index 7494cc0a49..510415015c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/variables.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/homogay/variables.scss
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ $red-bookmark: $success-green !default;
 $classic-base-color: #190e25;
 $classic-primary-color: #d4b6cb;
 $classic-secondary-color: #ffe8fc;
-$classic-highlight-color: $blurple-600;
+$classic-highlight-color: $blurple-500;
 
 // Variables for defaults in UI
 $base-shadow-color: $black !default;
+$faint-shadow-color: adjust-color($base-shadow-color, $alpha: -0.6);
 $base-overlay-background: $black !default;
 $base-border-color: $white !default;
 $valid-value-color: $success-green !default;
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ $ui-primary-color: $classic-primary-color !default;
 $ui-secondary-color: $classic-secondary-color !default;
 $ui-highlight-color: $classic-highlight-color !default;
 $ui-button-color: #ffe9fc;
-$ui-button-background-color: $blurple-600;
+$ui-button-background-color: $blurple-500;
 $ui-button-focus-background-color: $blurple-500;
+$ui-button-disabled-background-color: #a686a2;
 
 $ui-button-secondary-color: $blurple-500 !default;
 $ui-button-secondary-border-color: $blurple-500 !default;
@@ -53,22 +55,22 @@ $ui-button-tertiary-border-color: #d0adf6 !default;
 $ui-button-tertiary-focus-background-color: #674e83 !default;
 $ui-button-tertiary-focus-color: $white !default;
 
-$ui-button-destructive-background-color: $red-500 !default;
-$ui-button-destructive-focus-background-color: $red-600 !default;
+$ui-button-destructive-background-color: $red-600 !default;
+$ui-button-destructive-focus-background-color: $red-500 !default;
 
 // Variables for texts
 $primary-text-color: $classic-secondary-color !default;
-$darker-text-color: #907ca6 !default;
-$dark-text-color: darken($darker-text-color, 5%) !default;
+$darker-text-color: #847198 !default;
+$dark-text-color: $darker-text-color !default;
 $secondary-text-color: $ui-secondary-color !default;
 $highlight-text-color: lighten($ui-highlight-color, 8%) !default;
-$action-button-color: $ui-base-lighter-color !default;
+$action-button-color: $dark-text-color !default;
 $passive-text-color: $gold-star !default;
 $active-passive-text-color: $success-green !default;
 
 // For texts on inverted backgrounds
 $inverted-text-color: $primary-text-color !default; // we don't do inverted backgrounds
-$lighter-text-color: lighten($darker-text-color, 5%) !default;
+$lighter-text-color: lighten($darker-text-color, 7%) !default;
 $light-text-color: $ui-primary-color !default;
 
 // Variables for components
@@ -78,8 +80,3 @@ $media-modal-media-max-width: 100%;
 $media-modal-media-max-height: 80%;
 
 $border-radius: 8px;
-$border-glow: 0 0 4px 1px $blurple-300, 0 0 4px 1px $blurple-300 inset;
-
-.glowing-border {
-  box-shadow: $border-glow;
-}