Echo of Offbeat @mistyhazebloom - Tumblr Blog

Hi, call me Haze. Still getting used to Tumblr.

[The contents I'm interested in] related to CoD BOCW, or BO6 and other BO series

[Favorite characters] I love most of the CoD: BOCW characters, especially Russell Adler. Frank Woods, Alex Mason, and Jason Hudson are also favorites of mine.

The list got too long, so I'll put a cut here.

Below is a long list of fanfictions, headcanons, illustrations, and OCs.

#masterlist

My first time drawing Ghost and Roach. They're handing out chocolate chip cookies to everyone. ...except for the old man, who's already helping himself to one.

I suddenly felt like drawing something I hadn't tried before. Sometimes these characters feel so familiar that I totally forget they're soldiers...💦

I used to eat Chips Ahoy when I was a kid, but not so much anymore. It just brings back memories.

callmelitlesunshine

feels sad to be not accepted in the cod and adler community

mistyhazebloom

Ann, every single one of your posts is as gorgeous as a portfolio piece.

I can really tell how much care and thought you put into making them.

You've been loved so much, and you always will be.

#mutual's #dear mutual

dylansilverdreamer

Redrew an old old post to remind myself how to draw them

mistyhazebloom

Dylan's new drop!

#call of duty black ops #frank woods #alex mason #david section mason

I somehow ended up finishing Mafia: The Old Country…

Why did I even pick this game? 😭

I'm feeling pretty much the same way I felt after playing Black Ops Cold War...

#diary

pyrrultra

Sacred Heart

#black ops 6 #black ops cold war #russell adler

venusnobivac

Mixed OC stuff

Arianni and Dan for my Twt banner

Vivi and Helen from a Nexu related side story

The chibi was a base from Pinterest

mistyhazebloom

Love the colors! 😍

#mutual's #cool #cute

cimbaerlyy

Hiiiii!!!! Are you interested in art like this??

Or this?

Then you have come to the right place!! My commissions are open! The link to my carrd is in my pinned post ^^

There are three slots available! Get yours now! It would help me a lot since I lost my job a while ago :3 Feel free to dm me if interested^^

Thank you in advance!!!

mistyhazebloom

Mutual's ✨Commission Promo✨

An awesome artist who creates lovely and cool artwork!

Feel free to take a look if you're interested!

#mutual's commission #commissions open #oc art #fanart #like a dragon #bocw #yakuza

I think if someone write something, it's only natural to expect that questions about their post might come up. Rather than acting childish and blocking people. And deleting reply before I could even read it is hardly normal behavior.

#behavior #diary

tomc4t

Cold War fans need to remember Bell was not some innocent party that was brainwashed for no reason that man was very much helping nuke Europe

mistyhazebloom

If cruelty is 'learned innocence,' it can certainly be expressed that way. Executing every act with a pure belief that it's for one's country, without even realizing what's wrong.

As you know if you're interested in military history, even elites far smarter than you or me believed certain things were right at the time and committed countlessly terrible acts. Not because they were fools, but because they purely believed it was the right thing to do.

Also, I recommend naming specific posts and authors directly if you're going to write something like this.

Posts like this sound extremely passive-aggressive.

I've also seen what you wrote targeting RP blogs, and it feels like you're making unnecessary enemies with the way you write. I'm leaving this comment for your own good.

tomc4t

My brother in Christ he is a fucking terrorist

mistyhazebloom

If you read my previous comment with just a little more attention, you'll see that I wasn't writing to defend Bell. I was simply exploring the reasons why they chose to take actions that an ordinary person would never take.

And I believed they'd already gone through a form of conditioning that drove them to cast aside their morals, which made me think of classic Communist brainwashing tactics. Anyway, thank you for replying.

Even though your response didn't quite address all of my points.

jecket

Not a super emotional person at all but I just finished the Cold War campaign and I feel absolutely SICK TO MY STOMACH. The Vietnam memory part at the end was literally the most anxious I've ever been playing a game ok fanart soon probably I loved that and I HATED IT

#black ops cold war #love & hate #the core

tomc4t

Cold War fans need to remember Bell was not some innocent party that was brainwashed for no reason that man was very much helping nuke Europe

mistyhazebloom

If cruelty is 'learned innocence,' it can certainly be expressed that way. Executing every act with a pure belief that it's for one's country, without even realizing what's wrong.

As you know if you're interested in military history, even elites far smarter than you or me believed certain things were right at the time and committed countlessly terrible acts. Not because they were fools, but because they purely believed it was the right thing to do.

Also, I recommend naming specific posts and authors directly if you're going to write something like this.

Posts like this sound extremely passive-aggressive.

I've also seen what you wrote targeting RP blogs, and it feels like you're making unnecessary enemies with the way you write. I'm leaving this comment for your own good.

[TS4 CC] Modified🛠️ Soviet Uniform

Female uniform DOWNLOAD link down below ↓

Since the original game especially butchered the female uniforms, I really had no choice. If you're not satisfied, making it yourself is one way to go.

I adjusted the overall silhouette and swapped it with a skirt. As you probably already know, men's and women's clothes button on opposite sides. I had to reflect that. I had already modified the outfit mesh last month, and while the weights aren't perfect, it works fine for basic posing anyway.

Although it's not an official KGB uniform, I tried to craft it to fit female military uniforms.

For male Bell, you can just put him in the same uniform as Adler. But for females, there are proper uniform regulations to consider.

I wanted to make a beret too, but I didn't bother... I just threw on a random existing beret instead.

Note* - Created based on a previously converted and publicly available CC by @viktorviolettaenterprises. I do not profit from this CC in any way.

[Download at MediaFire]

You can also find the male uniform version here.

💗Likes and reblogs are highly appreciated!💗

Please note that this isn't a dedicated Sims 4 blog, so I might not be able to answer WCIF / questions about other CCs shown in the images.

clubbingclown

This is gonna be the death of me istg

Give it up for Clowny’s first long animation evreyone

mistyhazebloom

👏👏👏clap clap clap

#black ops cold war #cod bell oc

vogelamhimmel

Lastochka,

I drew this little doodle before July came to a close, though it ended up making no sense at all. 😄

Still, talking with you has been one of the best parts of the first half of this year.

I drew this because I missed Misha and Maica.

Well... they managed to kidnap Adler, but they don't seem to have much of a plan afterward. Then again, Misha probably has something in mind. 😊

Haze, they're so adorable!!! 🥹Thank you so much for this wonderful picture, it really lifted my spirits!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹They're such adorable little rascals!!! Although that's more about Misha… Adler's definitely in trouble 😈😈😈

And yes, I missed Misha and Maica too. I'm increasingly thinking about the idea that they have siblings energy…

So I decided to have a little fun too. I didn't know how tall our Maica was, but I guessed she wasn't 193 cm XD

Let's not forget that the only love in the world (besides his obviously half-sister) is pineapples???

Thank you so much, Haze, this is just adorable 🥺🥺🥺😭🤧

mistyhazebloom

Oh my goodness! You must have been so exhausted from writing the fiction, so thank you so much for drawing a picture for me as well. 😭

You're right, for some reason those two really feel like siblings... Drawing someone else's OC together with my own is such a special and enjoyable experience.

And of course. Maica is neither too tall nor too short. Seeing her stand next to Misha really makes Misha look so reliable 😊

So your fiction is finally turning into a book with the cover? You must feel so proud. I hope you get some good rest and wrap up the story well!

#art trade #black ops cold war #OC: Maica “Avrora(Aurora)” Lydner #mutual's oc: misha #russell adler #cod bell ocs #cod bell oc

A few thoughts on BO6 and the Cradle

🔸Did Case go through the same brainwashing process as Bell during his "rehab"? (And was Adler involved?) 🔸The specifics might be different, but Cradle feels like an expansion of MK Ultra's core concept, shifting the focus from psychological conditioning to biological enhancement.

It's been a while since I wrote a piece like this. In this post, I'd like to share some supplementary thoughts on BO6.

(Always down for a good discussion, so feel free to drop your thoughts or point out stuff I missed!)

BOCW has multiple endings, but looking at BO6, it seems that the Bell project was ultimately considered a success.

As mentioned early in the Emergence mission, Adler previously worked at Advanced Technologies and Applications (aka USATA), and after reading the documents on Cradle found in Saddam Hussein's palace, he immediately connected it back to USATA. It shows just how well he knew what went on at that facility.

The main goal of Cradle was to create soldiers who could push past human limits. On the other hand, BOCW's MK Ultra was all about manipulating someone's mind to make them do what you want.

So to me, Cradle doesn't feel like a completely brand new thing. It feels more like a narrative tool to carry on MK Ultra's legacy, basically an extension of the same concept.

🔎 Why bring in Cradle in the first place?

In real life, MK Ultra was already scaling down by the early-to-mid 1960s, and the few subprojects that survived were shut down around 1972. In 1973, right before his tenure ended, CIA Director Richard Helms ordered most of the files destroyed. It wasn't until the mid-to-late 1970s that the public finally found out about it through the media.

In the Black Ops universe, though, the program appears to have continued until at least 1981, which is how we ended up with Bell's story.

However, when it comes to BO6, the devs decided to center the story around Cradle instead of sticking directly with MK Ultra.

Lore-wise, Cradle started with a bacterial strain developed in 1976. I think this was a clever move. It allowed them to keep those same dark themes while putting some distance between the game and actual real world history. A fictional biological agent gives them way more room to mess around with the story without getting bogged down.

Cradle was obviously a horrific experiment, but looking at Case, he gets crazy mobility and power compared to other operators in exchange for being a lab rat.

If Bell in BOCW was relying on messed up memories and hallucinations to survive, Case in BO6 goes through both physical and mental changes and has no choice but to rely on them.

🔎 Did Case go through something similar to Bell?

According to the fandom wiki, Cradle was eventually scrapped because of budget cuts. Case couldn't control the Cradle in his system, went wild, and contaminated the entire USATA facility, which led Daniel Livingstone to shut the place down.

The wiki also mentions that after all this, Case went through an "intensive rehabilitation program involving hypnotherapy and brainwashing."

That line instantly reminded me of the Bell project in BOCW. Sure, there's no official confirmation that it was the exact same thing, but if the Bell project was a success in this universe, it makes sense that they'd reuse that method later on.

We don't know if Adler was directly involved, but given his history with USATA, you definitely can't rule it out.

🔎 Additional Thoughts

Considering Case spread the Cradle through the whole USATA facility, even for a video game, it's pretty crazy that Cradle didn't leak out into the wild. Cradle is a bacteria after all. Wouldn't infected escapees have ended up spreading it to the city?

The Cradle's funding was cut in 1981, effectively ending the project. But, ten years later, Jane Harrow and Pantheon are able to recover two canisters of the Cradle from the abandoned facility. I can't help but wonder how the Cradle remained viable for an entire decade… Unless the canisters were kept under some kind of specialized containment or preservation system, the game never really explains how the Cradle survived for so long.

Plus, it makes zero sense that the building had such terrible security that Case could just sneak in alone and wreck everything. Though to be fair, more than half of the Emergence mission seems to happen inside a hallucination anyway.

Because of all this, BO6 felt way too science fantasy for me.

Some levels felt like a warmup for Zombies mode or Multiplayer rather than a tight campaign, which kind of watered down the story. BOCW at least kept its grounded spy thriller tone by keeping the unrealistic stuff hidden under a veil of mystery.

Also, seeing campaign characters directly connected to Zombies means Zombies is officially part of the main canon now (remember the "This is for Weaver" line?). So I guess we just have to accept that the Black Ops universe now has Zombies living in it.

Honestly, I'm way more curious about the underground bunker beneath The Rook. They dropped so many cool hints, but the game just left us hanging without explaining much.

▫️Quick Summary

🔹In reality, MK Ultra was scaled down and shut down by the early 1970s, but in the Black Ops universe, it continued at least until 1981.

🔹Cradle started with the development of a bacterial strain back in 1976. In 1981, William "Case" Calderon volunteered as a test subject, survived it, and may have undergone conditioning similar to Bell's during his rehabilitation.

🔹Leaving Cradle and the USATA facility abandoned for nearly a decade raises several unanswered questions.

🔹BOCW succeeded by using MK Ultra within a mysterious, atmospheric framework that obscured key truths. BO6 tried to build on that foundation, but by adding Cradle and supernatural elements, it leaned much closer to SF.

I still had fun playing BO6, but I definitely miss BOCW's atmosphere where it walked that fine line between real Cold War history and fiction so well.

Anyway, just my two cents! It's fun writing stuff like this once in a while.

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