(Written last summer and posted now because I just remembered I had it, whoops. Plus, this movie is GREAT)

Stage 1: Staring off into space for extended periods of time afterward, basking in the feels and not even attempting the impossible task of getting Everything is Awesome out of your head.

Stage 2: Realizing that you have become weirdly attached to Good Cop and Bad Cop. Honestly, you could watch the whole movie again just to try to figure out how their character works. According to the internet, you are definitely not alone, but still. You probably didn't need to actually go watch the movie again to try to figure out their character.

Stage 3: FANFICTION. You quickly read about 300k of it, before wanting to throw a pillow at the wall and bemoan the lack of good and finished fanfiction for the movie. If it's not badly-written, it's unfinished. If it's not unfinished, it's inappropriate. If it's not inappropriate, IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND. LIKE WHAT EVEN, YOU PEOPLE. FINN WOULDN'T MAKE THE CHARACTERS DO THAT AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU

Stage 4: Writing your own sad space-related backstory for Benny. It's pretty similar to every other sad space-related backstory for Benny that anyone's ever done, but look, you had to write something about it.

Stage 5: Moppy. You're going to milk that original script for all that it's worth.

Stage 5: Understanding why none of your friends would stop singing Everything is Awesome when this movie came out. You have half a mind to get back in touch with said friends because YOU GET IT NOW

Stage 6: Trying to figure out what ships to sail on. You friend-ship every character with every other character, of course, but finding a ship you like is tricky. (And if you're like me, Emmetstyle doesn't even count because they're already way too canon. Would Unikitty try pretending she was stuck in a tree just so she can see Good Cop? Can you write Wonder Woman well enough to try some Benny/Wonder Woman? These are the questions.)

Stage 7: By now, you have looked up the lyrics to Everything is Awesome. And laughed. The rap section is ridiculous and perfectly sums up Emmet's outlook on life. It's like a Phineas and Ferb song—one that sounds really cool while it's playing in the background, but if you look up the words, you quickly discover that it's completely ridiculous. In a good way.

("Feelin' awesomer than an awesome possum,
Dip my body in chocolate frostin'
Three years later, wash off the frosting
Smellin' like a blossom; everything is awesome!")

Stage 8: Still wondering about Good Cop and Bad Cop. You love the idea that they're two brothers in the same body, and that's canon in your book, but the thought still haunts you: what if they're really just two sides of the same person?

Stage 9: You're still smiling distantly at the wall. It has been a while since you've really liked a movie.

Stage 10: Whoops. You've written fanfiction. You have already accumulated a large pile of practice fluff that you're not going to post. You're probably going to keep at it until you've nailed down everyone's personalities 20k later.

Stage 11: It has become apparent that there are four stages of grief, but many more stages of having watched The Lego Movie.