#if lu guang gets crazy

[dekukaze]

IM STILL HERE

[dekukaze]

thats why i had a theory that still havent talked about on, but its about lg going insane at some point

I wonder how many times Lu Guang tried to undo CXS’s death before it hammered into his head that death really is an unchangeable node and he decided to just stay in the past forever

I wonder what happened to the timeline he left behind. Did it just have to go on like normal with Lu Guang missing (since his body also comes with him when he dives)

No wait, being able to dive with your body and not just your spirit is actually so sus. What do you need a body for when you're just gonna possess someone else anyway??? Where does their body go while they're possessing someone???

I wonder if future!Lu Guang ever tried to talk to his past self or past!CXS and warn them of the future

What if hat guy is from LG’s original timeline?

Hat guy's motives is to allow the past to be changed??? Then isn't that a good thing for LG?

What if LG is the real villain all along

I'm thinking of how this story can end happily, but LG getting unscathed seems unlikely after all the deaths he inadvertently/accidentally caused by letting CXS 'live'

What if LG goes to prison? They now have a special police agency for it, after all

[stimmingandstruggling]

the first time cheng xiaoshi gets sick while living with lu guang he insists he’s fine. he drags himself out of bed until lu guang glares at him and says “sleep and let me bring you food or so help me god, i will kill you myself.”

that’s when cheng xiaoshi realizes that not only will lu guang not be frustrated with him needing help, he LIKES helping.

the second time cheng xiaoshi gets sick while living with lu guang he acts like a dying victorian orphan. lu guang rolls his eyes but takes care of him anyways.

[nemoys]

i think it's really funny how director li haoling mentioned how the leads of link click couldn't be a male and a female because then 'matters of the heart would make it more complicated for them to work together' SIR YOUR MALE LEADS ARE RIPPING THE LITERAL SPACE TIME CONTINUUM TO STAY TOGETHER I THINK THEIR HEARTS ARE PRETTY FUCKING INVOLVED ?? 😂😂☝️

edit : okay let me just say this to clear doubt or anything, i truly do not believe the director views them platonically. given what he's directed in the past and currently, i highly doubt he isn't aware of what he's making, this is just a light tease over what he's said in an interview! keep in mind, censorship is most definitely a real thing, and he's already walking a tight as hell rope

[quarriart]

boys in dresses amirite

[veifei]

every episode i wonder how it could possibly get gayer and somehow yingdu always exceeds my expectations. this week cxs isn't even trying to hide how bisexual he is it's crazy. lu guang is yearning (plane scene.... oughh he wanted to stroke cxs's hair so bad) and veifei debut was so gay I'd have to make a separate post for it cos. wow.

[chengrioshi]

lu guang & cheng xiaoshi nsfw headcanons

cw: smut, afab reader, reader has breasts and a vagina, p in v, oral, unprotected sex. 18+ minors pls dni. not proofread

these two are criminally underrated and they’re taking over my life. i’ve fallen HARDDDD for cheng xiaoshi and i don’t wanna get back up.

this is just me purely throwing up my thoughts because i need to let them out 🙂‍↕️ i need cheng xiaoshi so bad

honorary tag to @sunnyangy who i’m pulling down with me. enjoy some lu content bby 😘

i’d also LOVE to write more for these two, but my creativity isn’t the best on my own, my inbox is open to any suggestions and/or requests ❤️

lu guang

lu guang is soft, attentive, a naturally talented giver in the bedroom. he always takes care of your own pleasure before his own, and he’s more than happy to do so

- he’s extremely gifted. he knows every single sweet spot of yours, and will never leave one unsatisfied.

- there’s no rush, right? he’s kissing, nipping and sucking on every sensitive spot on your neck that has you whimpering into his ear, before moving on to your boobs and paying each one equal amounts of attention, followed by kissing down your torso, paying special attention to the spot that makes your entire body shudder

- once he arrives to where you so desperately want him, he’s kissing and nipping at both of your thighs until he’s driven you crazy and you’re begging for something

- ORAL KING 👑 when i tell you this man knows how to pull the most intense orgasm from you in minutes using nothing but his mouth (and perhaps a finger or two)

he’s firmly running his tongue back and forth over your clit until you squirm, before sucking the nub and pushing a finger into you, curling it upwards to rub against your g-spot over and over, not letting up until you’re seeing stars and pulling his hair tight. he slowly sits back up, sucking on his fingers whilst looking you dead in the eyes

- pretty dick 🎀 it’s long and thick, the veins running along his shaft prominent. his balls are tight and neat

- his signature positions? missionary and prone bone

missionary so he can look at you. he loves to watch the way your face twists in pleasure when the thrusts a certain way. he loves to see what he can to to make you grit your teeth and throw your head back. watching the way your tits bounce after every thrust? lu thinks he’s in heaven every time.

prone bone for the main event. he’ll always place a pillow under your hips so your ass is slightly arched for him. he likes to sit upright and watch for a moment as he drives his cock into you painfully slowly, pulling back all the way to the tip, before bottoming out again. he loves observing just how deep he can go before he goes all out, pounding into you as hard as he can with stamina that never seems to end until you’re clenching around him and he’s releasing into you

- condoms? nah. he likes to watch his cum dripping out of you once you’re done

- lu guang subtly teases and praises you, always.

“i know baby, i know. i’ll give you what you need soon”

“so wet for me already. i haven’t even touched you yet”

“lift up your hips for me, my love”

“i know it hurts, taking me so well, princess”

- AFTERCARE WARRIOR!!!! lu guang basks in the afterglow without fail every single time. he’ll always make sure you’re taken care of first, helping to clean you up and make sure you’re hydrated.

he’s holding you close, gently, as though you might break if he lets you go as you talk, watch tv, or just lay there together. he’s happy to do whatever as long as he’s with you.

lu gueng may not say much, but his intense love for you is always shown in these precious, intimate moments ❤️

cheng xiaoshi

cheng xiaoshi is messy, sensitive and emotional. he has a knack for getting ahead of himself, but he’s an extremely passionate lover

- he’s fast and so so handsy. he sloppily makes out with you, whimpering and grinding his hips into you before your clothes are even off. patience is not his virtue.

- he’s clingy, emotional and vocal. it’s like he’s scared to let go of you, as though you’ll vanish. after all, he’s no stranger to having people he loves disappear without a trace. he’s so loud and has no fear of anyone hearing him. he needs you to know

“fuck, i love you. i love you so much baby please…”

“wanna feel you, i need you”

“don’t leave me, baby. please, don’t ever leave me”

- body worshipper 👑 he’s sloppy, filthy even. he’s licking you, biting you, anywhere he can. your neck, chest and the insides of your thighs are littered with hickeys. he doesn’t give a shit. he wants everyone to know that you’re his

- ORAL FEASTING 🍽️ - the way this man DEVOURS your pussy as though you’re the most delectable meal… he’s spitting on you, licking, nipping sucking, fucking you with his fingers, losing his breath and moaning into your folds until you’re releasing all over his face. he doesn’t have a particular skill the way lu guang does - he just goes to town until you’re screaming his name

- the most SENSITIVE cock. he stands loud and proud, long and thick, and his sensitivity is on another LEVEL. he’s shivering and whimpering at the slightest touch and gets full body shudders when you clench around him. his balls are full and heavy and he loves it when you grab them.

- his favourite positions? cowgirl & doggy

- cowgirl because he feels closest to you when you ride him. he’s grasping your ass with both hands helping you grind into him, face buried in the junction between your neck and shoulder, sinking his teeth into the skin there

- doggy because he loves the way you arch your back and how your ass bounces off of his hips as he pounds into you from behind. he’s completely bottoming out, sinking his cock into you as deep as it can possibly go, fucking the prettiest, filthiest noises from you (his are on the same level as yours)

- condom? nah. he’s sensitive and it feels even better when he’s hitting it raw. he likes watching his cum drip out of you and fucking it back in with his fingers (or his cock if he’s still hard 😏)

- CRIES WHEN HE CUMS. send message.

- another aftercare king yes yes yes.

pulls you on top of him until you both come down from your highs, tracing patterns on your back and telling you sweet nothings about how beautiful you are, how good you feel, how good you make him feel

cleans you up and makes sure you have everything you want before hopping back into bed with you and scrolling through his tiktok fyp, yapping as normal and making you watch every single video he finds funny

- in a nutshell, this man bares his entire SOUL to you through sex. very regularly 🙂‍↕️

im gonna go grown myself in holy water now

i need cheng xiaoshi like i need oxygen

[mysterialistic]

Highly unlikely theory for episode 6 (because this donghua always manages to surprise me lol)

How funny (tragic) would it be if, in Lu Guang’s attempt to change things and save Cheng Xiaoshi, he actually ends up making it worse and leading him straight to the grave?

My theory is that Lu Guang will attempt something drastic and fail, leading Cheng Xiaoshi to an even earlier death. We know for a fact that he failed this attempt because this seems to be the first alternate timeline, and in the Season 2 finale, he says “my last chance,” implying he has already repeated these events several times.

There’s no way Vein would just fall for whatever plan Lu Guang has. Does Lu Guang not know Vein is part of some sort of mafia? Vein is clearly not just some random guy running a modeling agency—he knows a lot, starting with the fact that they have powers to alter time. His official bio even states that he dislikes lies. And who’s the biggest liar? Lu Guang, of course.

Also, some think the person grabbing Xia Fei in the trailer is Vein, but it’s definitely not him because of the lack of sleeves. It’s either Lu Guang or Cheng Xiaoshi—I’m leaning toward the latter. Cheng Xiaoshi has trusted Xia Fei so far, but in this scene, Xia Fei looks scared and is trying to run away, only to be stopped by CXS, who’s ready to confront him. (Btw, my guess is that Xia Fei's attempt to get out of his deal with Liu Xiao was a complete failure).

Here’s my crazy theory: Lu Guang goes missing (likely kidnapped by Vein), and Xia Fei starts acting suspicious, which Cheng Xiaoshi notices. This forces Xia Fei to spill the truth—that he’s a spy who’s been using them and was never really their friend. True to his reckless nature, Cheng Xiaoshi will try to save Lu Guang and might end up dying in the process, forcing Lu Guang to reset the timeline again, possibly to a point before Yingdu to prevent them from ever going on that trip. After all, even Cheng Xiaoshi’s mother warned them: “Don’t let him come to Yingdu.”

I don’t think this arc will have a happy ending. The number of inconsistencies between this timeline and the current one suggests this is another of Lu Guang’s failed attempts. If this is the current timeline, it would lead to the biggest plot holes given how events have unfolded so far. Actually, I’d love to make a detailed post pointing out all the differences between the events of these episodes and the flashbacks we’ve seen from Seasons 1 and 2.

[briebysabs]

Wait I think I connected some dots I think I’m onto smth. What if Vein doesn’t exist in the current timeline? Why?

THE TWINS.

Vein is supposed to kill cxs sometime in s1. What happens this time? LTC possesses Qiao Ling and stabs LG. Which is when everything starts changing. If you think about it, the twins existence changes everything. It’s because ltx dies that ql gets her powers and sees a glimpse of what lg has been up to. And we assumed it was bc lu guang never got this far in the timeline. But what if the twins didn’t exist till now? What if this is the only timeline the twins are born in? It just fate that made their life suck. But see, ltx and cxs both get shot in the tunnel. Only ltx dies so what if she took on cxs’ death node?

What if the twins are the anomaly that is the reason cxs lives this time?

Vein imo is too much of a menace to be around right now. I simply can’t fathom him entering the present story. Vein and LTC also have red eyes tied to their abilities. So what if, in some crazy butterfly effect, Vein is written out of the timeline? And as time/the universe likes to correct itself it gave the twins powers in his place.

And what if LX knows this and he’s telling ltc that there is a timeline where you and your sister never went through all this suffering.

The correct timeline where you were never born.

[hirokari]

cherry flavored slushie

wc: 0.8k | g: friends to more, fluff, high school!au | w: none!

Lu Guang never pegged you to be a person to show up to basketball games. He supposed you showed up for Xiaoshi, though you sit oddly far from the game, leaning on the net outside the court, sipping on the typical slushie you tend to buy after school.

Wordless, Lu Guang leans against the wired net next to you, looking your way, though you don't take your eyes off the game.

"I didn't know you liked basketball," He says. "I don't," You answer, handing the boy your slushie. He takes it and sips on the straw, imagining your lips tasting of this cherry flavor. Finally, you look at him, "Why don't you play? You're tall and pretty good at it," 

"You've seen me play?"

"Yeah, dude. Were you so immersed in playing to notice me?"

He guesses he was- which is a surprise. It takes a lot to get Lu Guang’s eyes off of you. He responds with a shrug, tilting and tapping the straw against your lips. You comply and look back at the game as you let the cherry flavoring dye your tongue a hot, bright red.

"Why are you watching if you don't like basketball?" He can't help but ask. He thinks it's a stupid question. You answer, though, unbothered, "Because I know the rules. And I know this referee is incredibly blind. I'm out here so I don't strangle him with my bare hands."

He can’t help but let out a light chuckle, one that feels innocent and pegs a smile out of you too, but it also ignites a sharp feeling in your stomach. “They don’t seem to play fair, but I believe Xiaoshi is decent enough to overcome said blindness.”

Your worn out converse nudges his knee as you sit back against the wired fence and you give him a teasing smile, “Finally giving him credits, Guang?” With his cheeks dusted pink, his eyes avert away in a shy manner as he mumbles gruffly through a frown, “No.”

And it’s your turn to laugh, though yours is much more bubbly than his, and he likes to hear your voice more than his own. The fuzzy feeling that washes over him merely from your voice and its tone; the wide smile you give him and the crinkle at the end of your eyes; your fingers that ignite tingles when they graze over his shoulder; frankly everything about you makes him go crazy, as hard as it is for him to admit.

Your tongue is painted a hot red from the cherry flavored slushie that you’d just finished, and he supposes his is a little dyed as well. But it makes you all the more kissable. Your lips are also stained– but they’re much lighter.

“You like sweet junk?” You ask, leaning forward to sip from the slushie that he holds in his hand. He watches as you drink the cold treat, your eyes still skimming across the court, carefully analyzing each player. “Truthfully: no.”

“You tried it out, though?”

“I know you like this junk,” He says. “So I went for it.”

Oh. Your cheeks flare, attention abandoning the game almost completely to look at the white-haired boy. “But you’re still drinking it.”

“I don’t mistrust you and your taste,” Says Lu Guang, sending you a boyish smile. Who’d have known the stoic boy could ignite such feelings in you, your chest tightening in hope and your stomach, twisting. You watch as he smacks his lips open and close; as if playing around with the residue taste that the slushie had left in his mouth.

“Doesn’t taste the best.”

“No?”

“Not from a cheap foam cup, no,”

“Hm? Where would it taste the best from, then?”

There’s a moment of silence. The grass you both sit on rustles when Lu Guang shifts and leans forward, but it comes to a halt. So does the thump in your chest. It freezes– you freeze. His nose brushes against yours and for a moment you think he’s teasing. 

Lu Guang, the often emotionless and objective robot of a human, is in fact teasing you by brushing his nose against yours. And you think you love it as much as you hate it. His breath is hot when it fans against your skin and it makes your skin ignite with goosebumps. Your eyes grow half-lidded, charmed by both the anticipation and frustration he leaves you in.

A loud clattering noise emits from the court. Instinctively, you turn your head to watch as Xiaoshi scores a point. Lu Guang, seemingly growing a little jealous, plants his fingers against the base of your jaw and leads your attention back to him.

“Wh-”

Lu Guang doesn’t give you time to breathe or respond, lips pressing against yours in a chaste kiss. And you think he’s right, as always. This cherry flavored slushie tastes way better from his lips compared to the foam cup (that is now tipped over and abandoned next to Lu Guang’s side). You always imagined his lips would have tasted sweet, but nothing like this.

You imagined he’d taste sweet of citrus and warm like a summer breeze. Though, you don’t think you want to complain right now. Cold cherry lips are all the same, as long as they’re Lu Guang’s.

a/n: experimenting with the idea of straightforward n flirty lu guang hehehe

©️ hirokari, 2024

[dekukaze]

Guys I noticed something

Link Click S2 ending spoilers

So this scene when Cheng xiaoshi was dying, Lu guang had his watch on his left wrist.

BUT

After Cheng dies, Lu guang has his watch on the right wrist. Did he changed it after he died? I saw a theory about him replacing it on the right wrist since it was triggering for him cuz you know, the man it's traumatized :(

Bonus: The traces of Cheng xiaoshi blood on Lu guang's face I-

(They need to show us what the heck happened there 😭)

Idk guys, for me, I don't this is a mistake and it's a very important detail. I gotta check if on the Yingdu chapter trailer, where is the watch this time.

(guys, I'm so desperate ah-)

[miyamiwu]

Red and Green; Up and Down

Red and Green are very prominent colors in the Yingdu Chapter. They are the two main colors in the OP:

red and green album behind the camera; red and green basketball court

They’re even more obvious in the ED with the traffic lights:

Red phone booth, green light; red and green lights (+yellow if you count XF lol)

But Miya, they are primary/secondary colors. Of course, they’re everywhere!

Okay, but look again at this frame in the OP:

Red on the outside, and green on the inside.

Now, look at the same basketball court, but as shown before the OP in YE1:

The colors are reversed. It’s now green on the outside, and red on the inside.

There is probably more to this discrepancy if we analyze the relevant dialogue in this scene for the pre-OP and in the lyrics for the OP, but I don’t have time for that right now. Let’s just take this as a signal from the animators to focus on those two colors.

Okay, so Green and Red are relevant, but what do they have to do with Up and Down?

In YE1, there was this scene where CXS passes the ball to LG, but it then unusually focuses on the camera and not on the ball:

Our eyes can’t help but be drawn to the camera…which is pointing to the down arrows on LG’s tie. And what are those arrows pointing to?

The green lane Lu Guang is standing on. However, this lane is red in the OP. Is it really pointing at the green? Or is it pointing at the red? And why focus on the camera first instead of just focusing directly on the arrows to get the message across more clearly? Camera + Arrows. What could they mean? This is something to think about...

Then in Lu Guang’s nightmare in YE3, Vein is chasing him in a green hallway, and he escapes into a green exit with a green down arrow:

He then falls into a dark room full of red:

The Green arrow from above is pointing down to the Red room.

So, does that mean Green is Up and Red is Down? I can’t say...

In the Bloody Storm PV, we have people descending green stairs:

Only the steps are green, though. We can say that there’s green light shining from above to make it appear green. This green light can also be seen on the backs of the men.

It is also worth mentioning that @rainibao has pointed out that, in the flashes, the people are ascending the stairs:

Moreover, the green light is lost here, and we’re left with a gloomy frame full of neutral colors against a plain red background. This also happens in the part of the song where the tension builds up and Vein is about to go crazy. This is definitely relevant, seeing as in the YE3 nightmare, Lu Guang finds himself in a red room and Vein finally catches him.

Something something about Green and Order (men obediently going down the stairs; Vein forcing Lu Guang down a green hallway), and Red and Punishment (men going up the stairs as the tension builds up, Vein catching Lu Guang in a bloody room).

Anyways… Is Red up? And Green down? Or, going by the green being light from above, then is Green up and Red down? I still can’t say...

Why does it matter what direction they are?

Because in Mandarin Chinese, time is viewed in a vertical fashion. The past is above you, while the future is below you. Knowing whether red/green is up/down can help us ground ourselves in this time travel show.

There’s also this:

Red light on Lu Guang; Green light on Cheng Xiaoshi.

I’ve always found the color assignment here odd because in traffic light language, Green means go, while Red means stop. Shouldn’t CXS, who is already dead, be the one in Red since his time has stopped? They even made it a point to color him in cold neutral colors without the green light shining on him, as if to hammer in the point that he’s dead (in contrast to Lu Guang who is in warm colors when not under the red light). (It was too difficult to get a screenshot of this, but I remember seeing a draft of this animation sequence where CXS was clearly transitioning from grey to colored, while LG was more warm to colored. If anybody can find that again, please send me a link!)

Anyways, if Green Cheng Xiaoshi is Dead, then does that mean Green is Future/Down? Red Lu Guang would then be Past/Up, signifying him going back in time.

But this doesn’t align with the nightmare sequence, where Green is Up and Red is Down… But then again, it was a nightmare. Can we even trust it? Can we trust anything in this show???

Or maybe Red/Green is constantly cycling between Up/Down. Maybe one moment Red is Up and Green is down, while in the next it’s reverse. An indication of time being a closed loop in Link Click?

I don’t fucking know.

There are no conclusions here. I just thought I’d point this out so I can have more people be just as confused as me hehe.

Dumping this to you, specifically, @protect-namine

[chengfagshi]

Back when we were waiting for Link Click S2 was a wild time because the official acct would just drop stuff like this and we'd all start panicking. Qiao Ling with the knife and the wine on Lu Guang. (And don't even get me started on the fact they just dropped an image of Lu Guang with a halo and angel wings. THAT SHIT WAS CRAZY.)

[anulithots]

I FINISHED WATCHING IN STARS AND TIME

It fundamentally changed me. (haha, change)

I have so many thoughts on the themes, the characters, the plot twists, on the way it's helping me miss my friends I moved away from in a tangible way that doesn't overwhelm me, on how I need to make dolls so bad I'm going to explode, on the game mechanics and the storytelling and the music I will listen to forever.

But alas, words. I cannot use them all up right now I suppose.

I will say this.

GOING FROM LINK CLICK TO IN STARS AND TIME WAS CRAZY

okay so @snowpoet123 ... uh a while ago I mentioned having a fanfic idea where Lu GUang went back so many times that Cheng Xiaoshi started getting subconcious awareness of other timelines, started to go insane/semi-god-like, the whole thing?

This is basically that. (and it's own thing as well that's perfcection incarnate). Lu Guang with Cheng XIaoshi's sense of humor, his POV, goes back over a 100 times, goes insane, link click on steroids.

In stars and time perfect in its own way too. It's everything I ever wanted from a time travel story. It's all of tumblr and fanfic storytelling, where it holds nothing back and allows itself alll the time in the world to truly let the characters suffer, then comfort, then suffer again.

also

themes

change vs staying the same vs your own say in yourself and others vs following a script from the universe and

aksdlfjaksl d

I can and will talk about it forever I need to indoctrinate my friends.

(also one of the major themes is to talk about what's oftentimes too scary to say. I need that. Siffrin is me and I am Siffrin. Still not confessing to my crush tho hahahah-)

ANYWAYS I WILL BE POSTING ABOUT MAKING THE ISAT CAST WITH SOME ANALYSIS TO ACOMPNAY IT SCHOOL AND THE STARS ABOVE CANNOT STOP ME

(I will be stealing star-releated phrases to curse with hehehe)

But also I still don't understand why people ship siffrin and loop.

It might just be me Idk I mourned the mirabelle friend quest specifically

[naurius]

this one's a bit more straightforward, but I still wanted to ask if we think anything changed/who or what changed it, so I added those options too. As always, feel free to share your thoughts!! I'll put some of mine down here ↓

Something I wanted to include in this discussion was really just this photo

Cuz as we know, this is the one where they were able to find the recipe, and also a photo that Lu Guang had apparently been staring into for a long time before declaring the case a lost cause. Which has always seemed kinda strange to me, especially considering that this was the only photo (that they were aware of at the time) where cxs would possess Lin Zhen instead... so you'll have cxs rooting through the fridge and inventories and whatnot but don't even want to try going through the one who actually knows the recipe's phone or apartment or something?

I've seen the idea floating around that maybe Lu Guang repeats stuff in order to aid in Cheng Xiaoshi's character development (or however you'd word that lol), which I do think could potentially be the case (and will probably be a pretty big deal when it comes to our next mission...). As we know, he has let some things play out the exact same as it has even though his knowledge could have sped up the progress, so it's not too crazy to imagine him fabricating a helpless moment so that Cheng Xiaoshi can find a little glimmer of hope in the situation and beat the odds

BUT if that is all true, then I kinda want to know the story behind this picture

Seeing as this one is easily the most helpful photo... is this something they had missed previously that lg let slip through the cracks again in order to give cxs that moment? Or is it possible he hid this photo intentionally to give cxs that moment? Or maybe he didn't even know about this picture bc it was omitted/he missed it last time?

cxs ends up using this photo to get more noodles too, is that the same? Is this the same?

I mean, nothing really important or life-changing happens in this dive anyways (unless you wanna talk about the intelligent management thing I suppose?) so it also wouldn't be too crazy for lg to have secretly allowed cxs to dive in and just pretended to be surprised. Buuuut of course it's also just fun to imagine that cxs is always keeping lg on his toes when it comes to silly little moments like this :3

[veifei]

rewatching the chibi shorts and LMAO they way qiao ling and lu guang expose cxs to the live show viewers about what he was really like at uni academics wise....lg forcing him to sit down and read his books....ql up all night with cxs helping him gather no doubt last minute data for his thesis.... cheng xiaoshi's undiagnosed adhd goes crazy someday get that guy medicated