#russelladler

[cherrykissedriz]

got bored yesterday at a cafe and drew Russell Adler

[ivqnx]

Honestly I appreciate yall liking my adler and CoD art, wishing for me to come back to draw more. However...

Just a reminder that sometimes you guys need to accept the fact that i've moved on and have other interests 💓

[naconaco]

[snapghoul]

Snaps crawling out of their cave of work to talk about more character analysis as someone who’s played all the CoD games and likes to analyze things. And the Cold War era is one of my favorite times in history because it’s so twisted it’s interesting. Back when espionage was actually cool.

I would like to do a little dive into this specific dialogue in Bo6. Now I see a lot of people tie this back to Bell which is unlucky given the moral alignment of Russell Adler’s character and historical context.

I doubt this dialogue is attached primarily to Bell because Adler had no remorse twords killing them in Cold War, why? Because Bell was a tool to him, a means to get closer to Perseus who he’s been chasing for near thirty years. Bell was a high ranking member of the group and Perseus’ right hand/ favorite soldier. He brainwashed and manipulated Bell into getting what he needed and when he exhausted that resource, He offed them. Bell was an assist that couldn’t be allowed to be let loose and once the conditioning broke Alder had to remove Bell from the playing field. He never apologized or showed guilt for manipulating Bell, because he wasn’t.

Adler is a very morally grey character who tended to go a little darker for the sake of the mission and his team(theres dialogue that shows he cares, he just doesn’t show it) Adler is known to be a wildfire as Marshall calls him and others know he does whatever it takes to complete the mission. Sims points that out in the Ground Control mission, he pauses Case to remind him that Adler doesn’t play but the rules to do what needs to be done. Bell was just another step closer to Perseus.

Now for historical context, the CIA did conduct mind control experiments on its own citizens and soldiers. MK-Ultra was a real division and although the drug in the game had a fictional name, it’s based off of real compounds MK Ultra created using LSD and other amounts of hallucinogenic chemicals. The CIA experimented these compounds during this time to try and do brainwashing, they did this to US soldiers and citizens and the people who were exposed to these tests experienced very horrible things as it’s injecting an almost lethal amount of chemicals into the body in attempt to control them or get them into a more easily wavered state.

The reason why he says “don’t ask” is because these the experiments were brutal and a lot died and many threatened into secrecy. Adler isn’t known to dwell on the past and he also probably couldn’t speak of them /or didn’t want to remember what happened. It’s more of a “you don’t wanna know.”

Now I am all for headcanons, I love seeing Adbell content because that dynamic is so toxic and intriguing, it’s not my favorite pairing but I love to see what people do with a blank slate like Bell and turn them into this incredibly complex and interesting character. I mainly wanted to analyze this because I see a lot of people missing key parts, mostly TikTok/ppl who haven’t played or even watched the whole gameplay. There’s a lot of reaching in the cod community and especially on certain platforms (cursed clock app) the lore gets blurred and people forget what’s canon.

[wildmayhemz]

I love that Adler got purple tinted sunglasses to match his shirt

[synderfelll]

Devilish Charm 🔥‼️💋

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I made a tumblr post a while ago about what the Cold War gang would dress up as for Halloween and I just. Had to draw him.

It was a need 😩

[krabzyr]

I'm sorry for rarely sharing my artwork and being inactive due to my unstable mood and etc. But 100+ Followers for me humble Tumblr and Twitter's account, thank you so much! 💖 It means a lot to me. 😭 | Tumblr || Twitter | Art © krabzyr.

[aarbeikwarktaart]

Damn, bro Model commissioned and rigged by DA/flvck0. https://www.deviantart.com/flvck0 Will add the source on my source page soon.