My Princess E2: “Transcap”

I’ll say one thing for this drama – they sure do show a lot in the previews and this episode went so fast I had a hard time catching up- it went as fast as the last episode of MSOAN-bam bam bam- one scene right after another- person cant catch her breath here…whew…but I like this episode ten times more than the first one. No yawns this time cuz I didnt have time – they dont give you a second to be bored.

They made every scene count – that was pretty smart cuz that is how they got to me 🙂

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I’m pretty sure they chose to watch Roman Holiday since it is a story about a princess who escapes her life for a brief time to fall in love. No one should even like Roman Holiday’s ending cuz it’s not happy. She has to say goodbye and go back to her royal duties and the man who fell in love with her has to learn to live without her. They both exist separately, but we know the time they shared will live on in them forever. No matter how this drama ends, I already sense that connection that lasts a lifetime has already begun between HY and LS. Though they have only met a few times, she is getting to him. You can tell from watching his amusement over her antics and letting her take the reins and pretend to be his gf says a lot. Now all she has to do is abandon her school girl crush on J and catch up to HY.That moment is the hook for me and I am going to hang on-not tightly-but just enough to give it a fair chance.

Just in case that wasnt clear enough – I am going to continue transcaps for both My Princess and Dream High

(but in this format – not like SG’s -that one takes over 9hrs to do- this style takes less than 5)

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forget the great grandpa scene-sageuk just is not my thing-

just cant translate that – go read dramabeans tm

will try to fill in more translations tm but if it doesnt happen by tm night it is not gonna happen at all

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My Princess E2

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It starts from LS calling HY back on her cell phone.

when LS asks why he wants to stay here

he reminds her  she wanted to make money while her mom was away

after they go in, she asks what style of room he prefers and shows two rooms and gives them names like royal grand presidential suite and the room next door is the royal ambassader suite but they are like tiny rooms-he chooses the first one

She tells him how much the rooms are per night/day

it is usually $150 for i night two days but since he is staying for two nights, she’ll settle for $295

she tells him to pay in advance

he tries to pay with credit card

she says the card machine broke 5 mins ago before he came

he gives her $1000 and asks  for $705 in change

but she says he can make a direct deposit online and gives him the bank info and wishes him happy banking and leaves him alone to do it

the way she calculates and stuff

HY remarks she takes after his grandpa completely

HY looks at pic of LS’s mom and says she is not his grandpa’s style at all

HY calls G and says he found her but he cant leave right now

he is calling to say he cant come right now and didnt want them to worry

he says he is going to watch her and if it looks like she really cant be it then he is going back alone

She makes the smell of bacon waft upstairs

HY comes down and asks if there is a restaurant (she says it takes an hour and a half to get there and is closer to Seoul), mart (supermarket- there isnt one she says),  or convenient store nearby and she says it is by the highway

HY rubs his tummy in hunger

LS: you must be really hungry

I dont have that much set but would you like to have some of this at least?

and invites him to eat there instead

she charges basic meal $30 and a bit more  $50

and she pushes for the $50 but he wants the basic

she makes him settle for the more expensive one by waving around the bacon

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Y gets interviewed

she is honest and says rumors are that she got chosen by looks and not her talent

he asks how she got started

she mentions it was her first love and talks about whose son someone was and stuff

flashback scene of J and Y

J promises to find those scrolls I am guessing (this part of the story is where they always lose me cuz the language gets super hard)

they went thru a lot begging for info here and then going to a temple place and finding out the scroll was a fake

the last question the reporter asks is the rumor about how expensive it was

she says she cant put a price on it with her own mouth (meaning she cant say the price)

she wants to keep that a secret

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Y meets J and says she thought he wouldnt call her for a long time

J;if I do that a day is too long

Y says she is sorry and knows how he feels

J: you knew and did it?

Y says she didnt run away and came to beg for forgiveness so she asks for some leniency/understanding

he asks why she did it

she doesnt want to say and he says she should since he needs to understand

she did it cuz the chairman wanted it and she and G cant go against his wishes

he says she must have had a hard time but he isnt that sympathetic when he says that

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president’s staff gets mad that all of korea knew what he doesnt

chairman is meeting the president in secret

there are two people in there so he cant listen in so he tells his aid to go listen in

the aid says how can I when it is just the two of them in there

the old guy tells him he should do it like in the movies and try to find a way to eavesdrop

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the president and the chairman are meeting

and talking about what the chairman is doing

the president wishes the chairman good health and asks if it is going well

they seem to have a great relationship

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HY comes running out in a towel complaining

HY: ya – no hot water is coming out here!

she says it’s $5 extra for hot water

HY: what? you’re really …..hurry and turn the radiator on – I cant even shower with cold water  in the summer

LS: you’re trying to save $5 like this? I’m going out for a second to the store- should I buy you something on my way back like bread…

HY: no just hurry and turn the boiler…ya- bread? where are you going to buy something like that?

you said there were no nearby convenient stores

LS: there are no convenient stores so that is why I am going to a corner store (one of those tiny stores in korea that isnt so nice and pretty)

HY: what?

LS: a while ago you should have asked me if there were any corner stores- i thought since you bought an expensive ring in a dept store- i didnt think you would go to places like a corner store

wanna go together – it wont even take 5 mins to get there

HY: what?!

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he sits in his room and hears the movie roman holiday

he goes out and blocks the screen so she tells him to sit down

he says it is cold outside so what is she doing

LS says something about a one of a kind fantastic theater

he makes fun of her pronunciation so she tells him to spit out her butter popcorn

he shoves some in her mouth playfully

HY: just watch the movie – when you watch Hepburn do you feel anything?

he marvels how good she is no matter how much you see her

they watch the scene where the princess sticks her hand inside the  mouth in the wall

the window suddenly opens so she goes to close it

he asks: is this neighborhood your hometown

she says she has lived here since she was 6 so it’s like that

HY: where were you before that?

LS: here and there then in the orphanage for ten months-I was adopted

when I first came to this house – on the first night i didnt cry or laugh

like a baby in a mother’s womb -I just slept a lot

he asks if she remembers anything about her real parents

LS: what if I do? will you find them?

HY: eh?

LS: dont have to be afraid

not sure if i remember, if i dreampt it, or if I made it all up

he says he can help find them -it would be better than you finding them alone

LS: said he would be right back

HY: who? your dad?

she says she cant remember his face but I remember what he said : I will come right back

dad will be right back

but “right back” is really long

she says the way I smile is really pretty huh?every time I missed my father I practiced

when my father comes back and finds me- i’m gonna smile for him

[didnt understand what they said here but it was something like how he felt bad she had to go through that and she says dont most kids go thru that with their parents]

HY: by some chance – if you find your real parent tm what do you think it will be like?

LS: she says she has to go by the situation -see how much inheritance there is

HY: say that there is an inheritance

LS: do some family tree research to see how many siblings there are

HY: how can a small girl like you think like that

she gets a call

it is from the woman in the office that works with the professor

the woman wants the professor to come here tm and asks for LS’s help

LS welcomes the idea of having him come there

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LS cleans and makes the place pretty

the woman narrates J will be uncomfortable if he knows it is her place

so to pretend they met here – all by chance

LS: I’m begging you

HY: there are a lot of empty rooms so why are you asking me to move from a room I am using

LS: my room is right in front so when we go back and forth we can naturally run into each other and …blossom

HY repeats blossom?

LS: so what I am saying is….changes her tone to more demanding

just move -it’s not that hard to do

HY: who is coming for you to do this? a guy? what does this guy do?

LS: my professor is not someone who should here stuff like that from you

fine- just know there is no food today for you

car pulls up

omo – he must be here already

what should I do

holds onto HY’s arm

while I change clothes stall some time for me huh?

friendly and warmly ok? (or maybe the word was welcomingly)

she runs up

HY: ya – ya – why should I….

he gets an idea and calls up :ok – take your time and come

J shows up with another guy and there is a sign she had put up (i’m assuming to welcome guests)

which makes J smile

J asks HY if he is the owner

J wonders where the proprietor is and HY says that person is changing clothes

HY asks which one is the professor nam

J says he is and HY says you look like you would from first glance

(the other guy is not attractive is why)

HY mutters to himself that J since J is a professor he should be lecturing not being at a place like this (LOL)

LS comes out and acts all surprised to seeJ-saying how shocked she is

J asks what she is doing here and she says it is her home

LS: this is so amazing how could there be such a coincidence

J asks who HY is

HY puts his arm around her and says “for the time being we are living in the same house'”

and kisses her cheek

J says to LS: so you were dating? i didnt know – congratulations

fighting off HY’s arm around her shoulder the whole time

LS: no professor – I’m not – dont congratulate me…that’s not it….

HY tells J :I’ll show you around – the room you are staying in is the royal grand executive presidential suite and the room right in front is our room

you can knock on it comfortably when you need us

and the rate is 1night two days is $150 and of course it has to be in cash

to LS: should we go in first?

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LS starts beating him up when they get inside

LS: are you crazy? one house what?

HY: why? dont you remember what you did

grabbing her arm like she did when she met Y: I heard a lot about you from oppa

LS: i did that so things would go well with you

The curator you like is someone I dont like

HY: isnt that perfectly natural- girls usually dislikes girls who are more popular than them

LS: it’s not cuz she is popular

she knows everything but acts like she doesnt know -she acts innocent so guys fall for that

HY: Y doesnt even know the word “acts like” exists in the korean language

LS: she is going to marry someone else but ….but you sure have no clue

you really like her that much?

ah-he must really like her

it’s a little touching

let’s make up again

she orders HY to bring all that outside or no food for him

HY complains she always threatens with food

HY gets a call from his grandpa

he tells him that she seemed to have grown up well

HY says he didnt tell her yet

grandpa tells him to hurry up and bring her there

after he hangs up the grandpa say she should have the satchel with her

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Y takes coffee for J and his friend and HY takes one (he took hers)

she sees the pic of the small royal satchel when the two guys are talking

(think this is the princess one)

she asks J what it is

J: during class you just looked at my face huh? I covered this in my lecture already

YS; no wonder I thought I saw it in my house

the other guy thinks she is cute and they talk about the satchel then

the other guy talks about Y and how he saw her on the news

Y is really impressive – without any fear she became curator

before she succeeds even more shouldnt she get married first

J: dont talk nonsense

the guy: this is why you shouldnt date for a long time

HY overheard all that

and LS is nervous

the whole time HY was glaring at J so J asks do you have something to say to me?

LS lies and says she forgot to turn off the gas

she asks HY to go in with her for a sec

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HY asks if they are talking about the same Y he knows

LS pretends she didnt know the curator’s name was Y

HY: you better tell me the truth

why are they talking about marrying Y or not

she tries to change subject and asks if he likes bean soup  or kimchi stew

HY: are you going to keep changing subjects?

you knew from the very start huh?

she owns up

she says there was a rumor Y is J’s first love but now that she heard all that it must be true

LS to HY:do you have the confidence to win a first love

he says he isnt the kind of guy who needs to do that

she says he is already lost to the daehan grandchild

she said she kept it a secret cuz she doesnt want J to know about HY

she would prefer if J got dumped by Y

she asks HY to help her so that she can follow J to egypt and make him hers

she wants HY to help make J jealous but he doesnt even listen to her plan

—-

she tells him to hold her arm so she can yell

she wants to pretend she needs J’s help

HY guesses what she is up to and wont play along

HY takes her up and says to pack her stuff so they can leave

he says they are going to Seoul

she rattles on and he interrupts

he thinks she is his aunt (LOL)

LS: what?

HY: i think you are my aunt

LS: aunt? what aunt?

HY: you dont know what an aunt is

i think you are my grandfather’s daughter

it is upsetting isnt it? I feel that way too

LS: so you’re saying I am (someone’s girl who)

has a great car, can buy expensive rings on a whim, your older than me but I am your aunt?

HY: yes

LS: you have proof

it’s strange

if you want to find your lost daughter- a parent should come-or another relative

how could they send her nephew who is older to come get her

if I was the real daughter – either show a picture or birth certificate or personal item and ask if this yours or not do you remember it or not – shouldnt you ask something like that

HY says the grandpa is ill right now

she thinks they want her liver or an organ or something

and that is why he is saying these things

he speaks down to her so she says how can you talk to your aunt like that

she asks if the grandpa’s health isnt too serious

she asks if he lives well

she insinuates that they might be tricking her so he points out didnt you watch how I behave?

she says just cuz you charge a lot on your card doesnt mean much but he says

after you make sure later dont like it and fall for it

he tells her to hurry and pack

she tells him there are customers so stop joking

he gets serious and says he isnt kidding

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HY goes outside to J- you said you were her professor since you know each other

I hope you will be understanding

her life is going to turn upside down

so she needs to be gone from the house for a while

LS says HY is surprising the professor saying it like that and she aplogizes to J

HY to LS: you just stand still – what else is more important than this in your life-why are you sorry?

J: what’s the matter

HY: if it was something we can say we already would have

HY to LS: does this guy normally not pick up on things quickly?

she wants to explain and asks J for his understanding and stuff

she explains she has to go up to seoul to J nicely

HY gets impatient and drags her off saying : what kind of asking for understanding takes all day long to say

as they walk away from J, LS complains she didnt get to say bye properly and bow

HY says he is going to bow down to you from now on

J looks worried about her

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In the car on the way to seoul

she asks about his grandpa

she guesses the grandpa sells cell phone cases and stuff-HY laughs

he asks if she still has his business card

she reads the name

he points out that is his name – the same one as the museum and that he is the grandchild of daehan

she is surprised that he is the same person

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she worried that she has to bow down in front of his grandpa when she sees how nice his home is

they pull up to the house

the grandpa kneels down and calls her your majesty- this sinner even if I die now

there is no regrets your royal princess

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G wont let HY through

G is blocking the door so the grandpa can talk to LS alone

G says no one can  go in and interrupt

and HY says am I just any one?

G: chairman waited all these years for this moment

HY: how can that person inside be a princess? what princess?

how can an aunt be a princess?

G: I was hoping that person inside wouldnt show up

for you, me and Y for daehan group for all our sake

all my life -before what I wanted- I respected and folllowed the chairman’s orders

and even this time it is the same

HY is angry cuz G wont move out of the way

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chairman tells LS to sit down

he opens a pretty box and takes out an old pic

she recognizes him as (no clue what royalty titles are)

he says he is going to tell a story from a long time ago

flashback

a little boy with his dad

little boy is the chairman and the man next to him is his dad

and the king looking guy gives the boy’s father something

*The king looking guy is LS’s great grandfather-Joseon’s last emperor Sunjong

he had an unknown legitimate son and LS is descended from that lineage

only part of conversation I caught was something about a father with no strength

the boy echoes what is said -cute kid

the chairman says the guy ran away with the last child

end flashback

so the chairman is asking for her forgiveness

LS says so you are saying I am Royalty

she says she dreamt of being a princess as a kid

hw says it is for real she really is one

she cant believe someone from joseon time is still alive (meaning the grandpa is old) but she changes her statement since it is rude to “of course someone from joseon time should be alive

he shows a pic of a man

she doesnt know him

she explains she doesnt remember before 5yrs old

he asks her to remember-she has to remember

LS: I have to remember to remember – I really dont have any memory

she remembers crying alot in an alley, was there ever a girl who didnt cry in an alley?

strawberry hair tie, and a helicopter

i dont know if all of this is my memory if I dreamt it or if I made it up

she wants to know why she has to remember

he gives her a pouch and asks her to open it

there is a strawberry hair tie

(this means she really was there )

he looks at the pic and tells the man in the pic that he found the princess

she remembers the construction site from 20 yrs ago

she finds out the guy in the pic is her dad

chairman: you really dont remember?

she asks where her dad is now

chairman tells her he has passed away and begs her to forgive him (chairman)

she runs off

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[*do not know one word of what they are saying – it has been over a month since SKKS ended so i am rusty with this sageuk talk -not helping the confusion is the king guy is played by professor jung and the boy’s father is played by the king from SKKS-this time professor jung is standing and the king guy is kneeling- how funny is that?]

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HY is pacing outside

he asks if the talk is over

he asks if she is running away

she says he told me my father is dead and that I am a princess

something is wrong with your grandpa huh?

dont restrain me and she walks off

he drives up and pulls over and says he will take her

they can talk on the way

she cries and says it isnt my father

my father promised me-he would be back soon

so he cant do this to me

I waited so long

he cant die on me

he cant throw me away again

she keeps crying

he hugs her

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from crying so much LS has raccoon eyes from her running mascara

she goes home but the house code is still different

HY asks why she doesnt have a key

she said it is her sister’s house and not hers

HY asks if they dont get along

she says they fight a lot

she is afraid to call cuz she will get yelled at

he asks if her older sister is the parents real daughter

LS: no my older sister was adopted too

we are the same age too

but mom said even twins have older and younger sister

she told us to do rock paper scissors [to see who would be the older one] and I lost

she tells him to go cuz she has lots of places to go…

he said he knows and he wants to be included as one of those places and tells her to follow him

[was that real snow?]

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he takes her home to his place

he shows her his guest room and where the bathroom is and calls the room the presidential suite

and the rate is $150

she says she is going to wash up and he says it will be $5 extra for hot water

she looks at her face and washes her face saying

My father is not dead he will return

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the mom is buying  LD a new outfit

LD feels bad about LS

the mom says when LS graduates she will buy her an outfit later

LD says you think she will graduate?

the mom says she thinks the same way that LS wont

that is why she keeps calling her down to the pension

to give her lessons in working

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Hy makes a nice dinner with steak and everything

[how long was she in that bathroom?????]

she asks you know how to cook?

HY there isnt anything i cant do-i’m too perfect ..[blah blah blah] so it is tiring hearing that from people

let’s toast

she sits there looking “mung” so he says if you cant eat it I’ll eat it and tries to take her plate

but she just digs right in

she stabs her fork and holds up the meat and takes bites

she talks about the meat scent and stuff

he tells her to eat slowly and that there is a knife next to her

Y calls

he answers but she tells him not to pick up

HY says he is eating at home

Y is there right now

LS keeps eating

he makes her take her plate into the guest room

she complains you guys can just go out and meet

he tells her to be quiet

he flips all the partitions to the bedroom

(that is sooooo freaking cool-it is a mirror on one side and a mural pic on the other)

she remembers her purse and goes back out and grabs it

HY says to Y this is her first time at his place

she says it is her first time coming in but she has been to the front door

he tells her to call next time before she comes

LS keeps eating in the room wondering what they are saying

her stomach starts to make loud gurgling sounds

HY and Y talk outside

he wonders why she came to see him

she says he picks up on things too fast and doesnt have mood

HY: it;s not like you came to set the mood

Y asks if he heard anything from the chairman

HY: grandpa doesnt mention important things to me

so ask comfortably -what is it?

LS is trying to keep it in

Y asks if by any chance the chairman…..

HY gets a call

[this is hard to translate cuz she says something but he says something in response that doesnt sound like direct answers to her comments cuz he has to pretend this call is about anything but the bathroom issue]

LS says it is urgent and she needs to go to the bathroom and he tells her to take care of problems like that herself-in your opinion – what should I do

LS: if you dont want to be caught tell her to leave quickly

HY I get that you are frustrated but you have to think carefully and answer

it’s an important problem right now-isnt it?

she says she is going to die

[ you can see that she cant even breathe properly]

HY: why are you like this all of a sudden?

HY says sorry but he cant help with that-of course I feel bad about it -since you are a grown up- use your own strength and figure it out-understand?  hanging up

LS texts him: i am dying please save me

HY: hold it in

LS: you can go out and talk

HY says that will look weird if he says lets go out all of a sudden

LS threatens if he doesnt figure it out in 1 minute she is going to do whatever she wants- so do as he pleases

LS: there sure a lot of  expensive brand bags in the closet

which bag will you be the most upset about (which bag will he miss the most)

HY eyes bulge out

HY asks Y what they were saying before

Y: about the chairman

HY: that the chairman wants to go to the bathroom…that wasnt it…wait a minute…what did grandpa …..

Y says he doesnt look well

she said she will talk tm

he says it is late and he will call later and walks ahead of her

Y sees girl’s boots as she is about to leave

he pretends not to know what it is

LS comes running out yelling “my stomach”

end

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preview

Hy shields LS from the press

Y hugs J

HY leads LS into a hotel room it looks like and she says “where are you touching” and flails her arm and hits HY right in the face by accident

chairman yells “what do you mean fiance?”

Y cries and yells at her dad about something ten years ago how he should have known or something

LS remembers after seeing the helicopter pad-when she was a child and her father was holding her tight

her father had got hit by a car in front of the chairman

a young LS cries in the alley alone

HY spots reporters and pulls LS close to him and J grabs her other arm and asks HY what he is doing

HY and LS are on the bed when her mom walks in (but it looked like she shoved them in to begin with)

LS tries to hear through the door when HY and Y come out

J says you really are a princess to LS

LS: how did you know

chairman takes LS to the gravesite-to her dad

chairman: your majesty – do you see – now I finally brought her highness/princess

LS meets her new staff and the hick kick guy is there

LS and HY are at the airport

dang that is one long preview – are they going to save anything for the show to surprise us?

* I just had a thought – if this drama ends up being my favorite this year I am seriously going to have to rethink what this world is coming to -cuz never in a million years would I have guessed I might like a drama with these two in it -omg -how am I going to live this down?