diff --git a/libstarlight/source/starlight/threading/Thread.cpp b/libstarlight/source/starlight/threading/Thread.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e949c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libstarlight/source/starlight/threading/Thread.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include "Thread.h"
+
+#include "3ds.h"
+
+using starlight::threading::Thread;
+using SysThread = ::Thread;
+
+namespace {
+    void _ThreadEnter(void* arg) {
+        // cast to thread and start up
+        static_cast<starlight::threading::Thread*>(arg)->_FinishStart();
+    }
+}
+
+Thread::~Thread() {
+    // ...threadjoin? something like that??
+    if (event != 0) svcCloseHandle(event);
+}
+
+void Thread::Start() {
+    svcCreateEvent(&event, RESET_ONESHOT);
+    sthread = static_cast<void*>(threadCreate(_ThreadEnter, static_cast<void*>(this), 4*1024, 0x3F, -2, false));
+    
+}
+void Thread::_FinishStart() {
+    // lock out once already done
+    if (state != ThreadState::Init) return;
+    Yield();
+    Body();
+}
+
+void Thread::Yield() {
+    if (state != ThreadState::Running) return; // not executing this right now, this would just futz it up
+    svcWaitSynchronization(event, -1 /*U64_MAX*/);
+	svcClearEvent(event);
+}
+
+void Thread::Resume() {
+    if (state != ThreadState::Idle) return; // not applicable
+    svcSignalEvent(event);
+}
+
+//
diff --git a/libstarlight/source/starlight/threading/Thread.h b/libstarlight/source/starlight/threading/Thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67d464e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libstarlight/source/starlight/threading/Thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "starlight/_global.h"
+
+namespace starlight {
+    namespace threading {
+        enum class ThreadState : unsigned char {
+            Unqueued, Init, Idle, Running
+        };
+        
+        class Thread {
+        protected:
+            volatile ThreadState state;
+            void* sthread;
+            long unsigned int event = 0;
+            
+            void Start();
+        public:
+            ~Thread();
+            
+            inline ThreadState State() { return state; }
+            
+            void _FinishStart();
+            
+            void Enqueue();
+            void Yield();
+            void Resume();
+            
+            virtual void Body() = 0;
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libstarlight/todo.txt b/libstarlight/todo.txt
index 9113d4b..b0c9acd 100644
--- a/libstarlight/todo.txt
+++ b/libstarlight/todo.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ roadmap to v0.5.1 {
     proper thread dispatch? {
         Application main loop keeps a libctru TickCounter and keeps track of frame time;
         thread objects are held in a std::list, Application dispatches resume events and splice()s them to the end until frame time reaches some proportion of 1/60s
-        thread gets a yield function that calls svcWaitSynchronization on its resume event
+        - thread gets a yield function that calls svcWaitSynchronization on its resume event
         ...and some mechanism for allowing it to opt out of the rest of the cycle
     }
 } then consider these before 1.0 "gold" {