“Now and then, I miss you / Now and then, I want you to be there for me / Always to return to me,” (...)
It’s a passage where Lennon’s yearning for McCartney intertwines with Paul’s mourning for John, a shared grieving for the partnership that defined both their lives. link
"Now and Then" is 81-year-old Paul McCartney finishing a song of John Lennon, who has been gone for almost 43 years.
But it is also 15-year-old Paul finishing a song of the boy who wandered around Liverpool with him, talking about their future and love of music.
It is 18-year-old Paul finishing a song of the guy who picked him as his partner and took him to play nightclubs in Hamburg.
It is 20-year-old Paul finishing a song of the lad who wanted to write song after song with him.
It is 23-year-old Paul finishing a song of the man he made history with.
It is 24-year-old Paul finishing a song of the soulmate who shared his visions.
It is 26-year-old Paul finishing a song of the person who serenaded him eating a cupcake.
It is 31-year-old Paul finishing a song of John, who loved him in his own way.
And it is 39-year-old Paul finishing a song of the friend he just lost.
So few days ago, for no damn reason, I suddenly remembers about my old obsession for "Love and Berry" and "Kitten Dance Channel"
I decided to open them and sort my cards collection out at that night
I'm only going to write about my Love and Berry cards tho, my collection for Kitten Dance Channel is not that impressive, since the game's machine kind of disappeared and I got busy with school at that year-
...I would love to be able to play either of this game again, tho
I love them
TLDR;
I have lots of cards, which some are bootlegs (but usable on the machine) and some are official
Also, showcase of some of my favorite cards
So, let's start this long ass story
This album is already filled to the brim-
I have more cards than it can hold, and kept the rest of the cards inside a plastic bag-
Which... is actually a good thing, because without young Ris knowing, this album is made of fucking PVC
So most of the cards that are stored inside the album have become roughs and dusty-
But, it didn't really saddens, contrary to expectations
Why?
Because most of the cards inside the album are bootleg cards-
Okay okay, hear me out-
I don't know how it is outside of Indonesia, but in this country, we have some vendors who used to sell Love and Berry bootleg cards in boxes for about Rp 20k - 50k (I don't remember the exact price anymore)
But funnily enough, even tho those cards are not official ones from the machine, you can use them on the machine-
I am not lying-
There are some bootleg cards that can't be used on the machine out there, but the ones that I have here are usable and very precious to me-
Anyway, back to sorting-
The sorting started with dividing the cards' types and whether it was an official cards or not
With the bootleg cards on the top row, the official ones on the middle, and another version of the bootleg ones on the last row
As you can see, my bootleg cards are a lotsa-
As I have said before, I have unhealthy obsession with cards
And even tho I never went out of my way to try to collect a complete volume like a mad man, this collection have a pretty concerning numbers-
((Please ignore my horrendous English, I was hungry and out of focus when writing this-))
As written on the photo, I have a total of 165 cards, in which 128 cards are bootleg, and 37 are official cards from the machine
Also, I'm planning on buying sleeves for the official cards, that's why I wrote down the size of the card-
I'll probably put them alongside my Oreca Battle card pages, because why not? Both are my precious collection after all
And now, I hope I won't end up looking like bragging, but I want to proudly present some of my favorite cards from my collection,
First of all, the card I always use when playing,
The Magical Clock
This card add few more seconds at the dressing up part, which really help because my album is full, and it's kind of hard trying to scan through my collection because the lucky color is always random-
Here you'll notice I have two version of the card
And it's because the yellow one is the bootleg one, while the pink one is from the machine-
And now, from the bootleg cards section,
Cherry Sweetheart and Lemon-Lime Twist
And side-by-side nonetheless~
These two are the costume that Love and Berry used in some of their official art~
I also have their corresponding footwear, but I kind of lazy to pull em out of the sleeve to photo-
Lace Lilac and Green Little Fairy
These two dresses inspires some of my OCs outfit, so they hold a precious spot in my heart~
Especially Lace Lilac, because my favorite stage ingame is the one with Blue Danube
It was my favorite stage because,
Dresses and fancy gowns~
The arcade is noisy as heck and I remember Blue Danube by heart, so I always get perfect score at this stage-
And now, from the official cards section,
On the bottom row, we have lotsa of purple adjacent cards, because it was my favorite color at the time-
I especially loved the Comfy Sweater one, because it's so cute-
I also have a platform shoes card that goes very well with this card
And on the upper row... I included these cards because they felt extra special
Why? Because this set of outfit is worn by Berry on the back of Ver. 15 cards!
I never get Love's outfit tho, but I do have her shoes
Pretty funny, huh? I have a complete set for Berry's outfit, but only have Love's shoes-
And to end this card showcase,
Fitted Tee Girl
The outfit that Love wore on so many official arts for the game!!!
Never get the shoes or any of Berry's outfit tho, but I'm so happy to have this one card~
And that's the end of it!
I don't know if the machine for this game still exit within my country or not, but if by any miracle I would have an encounter with it, I would love to immortalize the memory, whether by recording or just photos