“There's a saying that there's no reason for love. It's a lie. How could someone love without a reason? I can tell you at least 100 reasons why I like you. Your voice, your fingers. Your scent, your shadow. I even like your amnesia. I like everything about you. That's my reason." -LOVERS IN PARIS
“Even if I turned my body away, my heart won’t turn away.” -SECRET GARDEN
“there’s something I’ve learned in life. You can never know when happiness is coming, but you can tell when sadness is about to come.”-A GENTLEMAN’S DIGNITY
“sometimes a harsh lesson is the right medicine. We take, we lose, we take over, we get taken over. Welcome to the world of greed.”- THE HEIRS
“Love compels us to do things for others that they can do themselves” -DESCENDANTS OF THE SUN
“life is a momentary thing...You come and you go.”- GUARDIAN: THE LONELY AND GREAT GOD (GOBLIN)
“Be careful when you take a lady’s hand. we don’t always carry rainbows and sunshine.” -MR. SUNSHINE
I was watching Goblin/Dokkaebi/Dokebi/도깨비 and I noticed the dialogue has a lot of references/puns/parodies that the eng subs don’t really explain -- which makes sense because there’d be a block of text covering the BEE-YOO-TIFUL screenplay, actors/actresses, and puppies!
So I decided to make this blog dedicated to my non-Korean speaking friends who love Kdrama, like, a LOT. Learn Korean and Korean culture through Kdrama! Or maybe just have some eye-candy - that’s good too. In any case, please stay (가지마;ㅅ; ) and enjoy the first post of ‘What Eng Subs Don’t Tell You in Kdramas’!
Let’s get right to it!
Disclaimer 1) There are SPOILERS!! 2) I am NOT saying the translation team didn’t do a great job, but I’m just adding some extra supplement to your Goblin experience/withdrawal
Click Below to 1) Remember that classic Kdrama, “Lovers in Paris” 2) Save a childhood
“WHY CAN’T YOU SAY IT???”
It’s a classic reference, really. Deokhwa says, “Is it about looking for your bride? Why can’t you just say you want a foreign bride? Why can’t you say so?”
The latter is a famous line from the 2004 Kdrama, “Lovers in Paris”. The original line goes: “Why can’t you say ‘that man is my man. That man is my lover’. Why can’t you say it!?”
Now, this drama was super popular as it received the Grand Prize (DaeSang/대상) at the 2004 SBS Drama Awards, and people still make parodies of it today! You might have also heard their other famous quote, “You are here [in my heart]” (“이 안에 너 있다”).
The way that Deokhwa delivered it through his love/rage for his Uncle Goblin, he did a pretty good job since the original was pretty love/rage-y too (that’s not a word).
MY DEAR PUMPKIN
Okay so even though this scene comes before the love-rage scene, I intentionally made it second because..
“What wrong? You should make your wish. Happy Birthday, my pumpkin.”
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT’S WRONG. THIS EPISODE DROPS YOUR FEELINGS LIKE IT’S HOT AND IT’S ONLY EP 1 I CAN’T
ahem The original Korean sentence translates to, “Happy Birthday, my puppy.” Have you ever noticed this Western expression? Pumpkin? Whoever thought pumpkins were cute? Or even remotely acceptable to be a term of endearment? When I heard this for the first time in Canada not too long after departing Korea, I remember thinking, “But why.. / 왜..” Pumpkins aren’t cute!
...I stand corrected.
But please, when you’re with people who are more in tuned with Korean culture, don’t ever address them as ‘pumpkin’ (HoBak/호박) because you’d be calling them ugly. And good job -- you just dodged scarring a childhood! Or else the kid would have been like:
oh.. my heart..
It ain’t right.
The 9-yr-old Han SeoJin is such a great actress! And the screenplay is absolutely beautiful too sigh the feels..
Speaking of beautiful scenes and people (and pumpkin puppies) here are some noteworthy moments in this episode to wrap up this post! Eye-candy for everybody! Yes, even you Pumpkin Pug, even you.
To reach space you need to aim at the moon! . So on an unpretentious October night we met the iron lady. . Paris is the romantic dream of every couple and that's why we decided to make our own soon. . With whom would you like to spend an unpretentious and romantic night in Paris, mon amour? . #paris #jetaimeparis #loversinparis (em Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0O89rUgqeH/?igshid=8h5tlq9rvdsl
Paris and charm should be the same words. Paris is very charming and let it show in every corner of the city. In our wanderings through the streets it was more than usual to stop and absorb every movement of Parisian daily life. In the background we see the bridge Notredame, what a charm, isn’t!? #loversinparis #paris #jetaime (em Paris, Île-de-France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz6MsNtAkba/?igshid=14r8wxfczicb4
It does not matter where in the world you are, if you are together try always to keep your balance just like Adriano did with me to take this photo in front of the Louvre Museum. And when one of them is almost falling, hold firmly and lovingly. #loversinparis (em Musée du Louvre) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwENDFg-gK/?igshid=14kwkl2yvcgcx
Dream for now,.. Reality later 😊 #LoversInParis (at Paris City Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt--2qegKi1LkWGuMqX7zku-HDBGpTFrdo12400/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17c6w0av4anke
Siya si Vivian. Ginampanan ito ng Koreanang aktres na si Kim Jung Eun sa #LoversInParis noong 2004. Una itong na-ere sa Kapamilya Network. #tbt #kapamilyathrowback #firstandtruehomeofasianovela
