There's more than one Gary King!

The original intent of this blog was so I could reblog The World's End spoiler stuff and not have to worry about spoiling my friends. However, over time, this blog became a dedicated fan blog for The World's End after I came to see and meet other wonderful people this film touched. As of 2016, I do not update this blog that much anymore; mainly because life is hectic. Gary King: Hey earth isn't perfect alright? And humans aren't perfect and guess what? I ain't perfect! Thank you Edgar Wright and Team for the amazing Cornetto Trilogy.

[theresmorethanonegaryking]

i don’t think you’re active anymore but i just wanted to thank you for making this blog! i’ve found so much lost cornetto art thanks to you!!

I'm occasionally active still! Life just tends to... life, and this year has been *rough*; to put it mildly without getting into details. I'm really glad my blog continues to help people to this day! Seriously! We're 12 years out since the release of The World's End, and I still get lots of notifications here. You all are incredible! I apologize for not being more active these days, but I am still glad this blog continues to bring enjoyment to others!

[theresmorethanonegaryking]

I was meaning to make a post about this sooner, but when fandoms collide:

Made even better by the color choices for the ink. Red legit looked bloody (to me at least) and green was minty on the maps.

I chose Team Same Ol', bc I probably would just want to relax with friends at the end and I wanted to go with Green. I was really tempted to choose Bucket List... little did I expect, that Bucket List would win and gave bigger TWE vibes in the winning speech

I actually managed to get to Ruler class in this Splatfest, and I tried to dress up a little like Gary King (I couldn't wear the coat, as you gotta wear the Team Tee during it and I didn't use the Splatana bc I suck with it lol), but I had a lot of fun and I'm glad Bucket List won

[danger-eye]

[macbethoff]

Happy 10th Anniversary of The World's End!💙🍻

[lucy-sky]

Happy Birthday to the one and only Gary King! (January 3rd 1972)

[theresmorethanonegaryking]

Merry Birthday, Gary King!

[helicarrier]

The pronouns are really confusing. The World’s End (2013) | Edgar Wright

[theresmorethanonegaryking]

@andrewknightley happy new year to you too! Here's hoping this year is a kinder year than the last few!

[pyramidofmice]

do you think gary got other t-shirts for other bands he liked or just like 5 different sisters of mercy t-shirts

MMMM ok as someone who owns so many band t-shirts. This is important to me.

I'm thinking he owns a variety. As Pegg said in the commentary, Gary turns music into his personal philosophy. (Example: Gary repeats the "I'm free to do what I want, any old time" line during the argument at The Crossed Hands.) All songs that speak to him become part of him in some way.

Meanwhile, Gary shows a LOT of dedication to his Look. I'm thinking of his new his hairstyle, facial hair, and outfit from the epilogue. I think Gary really wants to feel that his appearance reflects who he is. Given that even non-Sisters of Mercy lyrics become part of his vocabulary, I think he would own shirts from any band, as long as they have even one song that's important to him.

That being said, we KNOW how much Sisters of Mercy matters to this man. Even if Gary would care enough about other bands to integrate them into his Look, I bet that a majority of his band-inspired clothes are SoM merch/things that remind him of SoM.

[coveredwithsnow]

Happy birthday, Gary King!

[theresmorethanonegaryking]

I feel a bit bad that I haven't kept up with this blog... and despite finally getting a new copy of TWE a couple years ago, I went years without watching it again until New Year's Eve...

And this movie is still so good, and is still definitely one of my favorite movies. Life has been so much more busy, but it really does make me happy to see that even almost 10 years out and people still really love this movie too.

I hope you all have a great year!

[albaharu]

bday boy 

[fencecollapsed]

[theresmorethanonegaryking]

Happy Birthday, Gary King!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of The World's End!

[cornetto-texts]

[wrightedgar]

“The character of Gary King is the most fun me and Simon ever had writing a character. Because it’s great to take someone who’s both essentially the hero, but also kinda villain of the piece as well. And because it was someone we know or we are, there’s elements of ourselves in there. It was fun to create a monster in him, but also someone that we wanted to find redemption.”

— Edgar Wright, The World’s End: Interview with a Zombie

[preshfinn]

@edgarwight