can't way to move into something more data oriented than css as cascading is powerful but confusing. this shows promise, still doesn't play very nice with outer

can't way to move into something more data oriented than css as cascading is powerful but confusing. this shows promise, still doesn't play very nice with outer transitions, i.e. http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/4-21-2016/oXAN7e.gif http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/4-21-2016/oXAN7e.gif