finally figured out the cursors, needed to use the setcursor commadn in hyprctl

users/blake/dots/desktop/cursor/default.nix

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in {
     cursor_hypr = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
       #default = "Posy_Cursor_Black";
-      default = "posy_dark";
+      default = "posy_dark_hypr";
       description = "cursor to use";
     };
     size = lib.mkOption {
@@ -31,37 +31,37 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-    # shelving for now lmao
+    # shelving for now lmao, the home grown way
-    xdg.dataFile."icons/posy_dark" = {
+    #    xdg.dataFile."icons/${cfg.cursor}" = {
-      #config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink
+    #      #config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink
-      source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${home_dir}/.nix/users/blake/assets/icons/cursors/posy_dark";
+    #      source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${home_dir}/.nix/users/blake/assets/icons/cursors/${cfg.cursor}";
-      recursive = true;
+    #      recursive = true;
-    };
-    xdg.dataFile."icons/posy_dark_hypr" = {
-      source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${home_dir}/.nix/users/blake/assets/icons/cursors/posy_dark_hypr";
-      recursive = true;
-    };
-
-    home.sessionVariables = {
-      XCURSOR_SIZE = cfg.size;
-      XCURSOR_THEME = cfg.cursor;
-      HYPRCURSOR_SIZE = cfg.size;
-      HYPRCURSOR_THEME = cfg.cursor_hypr;
-    };
-
-    #    home.pointerCursor = {
-    #      dotIcons.enable = false;
-    #      enable = true;
-    #      gtk.enable = true;
-    #      x11.enable = true;
-    #      package = pkgs.posy-cursors;
-    #      name = cfg.cursor;
-    #      size = 64;
-    #      hyprcursor = {
-    #        enable = true;
-    #        size = 64;
-    #      };
     #    };
+    #    xdg.dataFile."icons/${cfg.cursor_hypr}" = {
+    #      source = config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${home_dir}/.nix/users/blake/assets/icons/cursors/${cfg.cursor_hypr}";
+    #      recursive = true;
+    #    };
+    #
+    #    home.sessionVariables = {
+    #      HYPRCURSOR_SIZE = cfg.size;
+    #      HYPRCURSOR_THEME = cfg.cursor_hypr;
+    #      XCURSOR_SIZE = cfg.size;
+    #      XCURSOR_THEME = cfg.cursor;
+    #    };
+
+    home.pointerCursor = {
+      dotIcons.enable = false;
+      enable = true;
+      gtk.enable = true;
+      x11.enable = true;
+      package = pkgs.posy-cursors;
+      name = "Posy_Cursor_Black";
+      size = 64;
+      hyprcursor = {
+        enable = true;
+        size = 64;
+      };
+    };
 
   };
 }

users/blake/dots/desktop/hypr/default.nix

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ in {
           "XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP,Hyprland"
         ];
 
+        exec-once = [
+          "hyprctl setcursor ${config.home.pointerCursor.name} ${toString config.home.pointerCursor.size}"
+        ];
+
         # --- input ---
         input = {
           kb_layout = "us";