The command i ran, i ran again after rebooting to show the packages it changed...
╭─meredith@dragonfruit in ~ via v11.0.16.1
╰─λ sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/plasma-*5.25.5-1*.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kde*5.25.5-1*.pkg.tar.zst
[sudo] password for meredith:
loading packages...
warning: plasma-browser-integration-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-desktop-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-disks-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-firewall-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-integration-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-nm-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-pa-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-systemmonitor-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-thunderbolt-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-vault-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: kde-cli-tools-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: kde-gtk-config-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: kdecoration-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: kdeplasma-addons-5.25.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (15) kde-cli-tools-5.25.5-1 kde-gtk-config-5.25.5-1 kdecoration-5.25.5-1
kdeplasma-addons-5.25.5-1 plasma-browser-integration-5.25.5-1 plasma-desktop-5.25.5-1
plasma-disks-5.25.5-1 plasma-firewall-5.25.5-1 plasma-integration-5.25.5-1
plasma-nm-5.25.5-1 plasma-pa-5.25.5-1 plasma-systemmonitor-5.25.5-1
plasma-thunderbolt-5.25.5-1 plasma-vault-5.25.5-1 plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.25.5-1
Total Installed Size: 115.78 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
did not work. I was hoping plasma-desktop was the ticket.... sad.