this part of turn it off makes me so happy for no apparent reason . they’re just so . goofy!!! also i love when connor just sings his HEART out then he’s like “woops” best thing ever
Greetings, Cats are Liquid fandom! Since 12th of December is the anniversary of A Better Place, I made something for the occasion - hope y'all enjoy it!
Content warnings for people not familiar with the song “Turn It Off”: domestic abuse mention, death mention, very dubious life advice given in a very persuasive manner, internalized homophobia
You did the Mormon missionary "turn it off" thing? I thought that was just a joke from the Book of Mormon musical. They actually make people do that?? 😰
No! Oh gosh no, they did not make me do that! I only ever heard the whole "turn it off" thing from the Book of Mormon musical after my mission. I just learned I was asexual from "turning off" on my mission. I'm making a joke. Let me explain.
So I went on a mission, and like one of the rules is that you can't be dating anyone. You're on 18-24 months of completely serving the Lord, so don't get distracted. There was this joke of "Don't touch the guy missionaries, but keep a list of ones you'd like to touch after your mission." That sat weird with me and I super didn't like it. Because you're a missionary, that shouldn't even be on your mind! Right? Right?
Except, that's when I learned that it actually was on literally everyone else's mind, except mine. I was sitting and chatting with the other sister missionaries, and they started talking about which of the guy missionaries everyone liked and thought were hot and cute. And they asked me, and I literally did not have an answer, no inclination to think about the guys around me like that at all.
Because for the first time in my life, I didn't have to worry about picking an appropriate crush to fit in with people. I was a really dang good missionary. I was not a good heterosexual mormon girl who was gonna get married at the first opportunity. I'm so very asexual. Which made this whole "what missionary do you have a crush on? Who do you think is hot?" such a big flag for me to realize that I was asexual.
Do they tell missionaries to "turn it off"? Maybe? They never told me to. I "turned it off" because I knew the rules about no dating and all that and I'm a high masking autistic woman, so I learned the rules and really fit into it. And then discovered nobody else actually did and actually struggled not to find their fellow missionaries attractive.
And after I discovered that I felt more like myself when I wasn't worried about which guy to pick as a romantic interest, I really stuck with it.
So, yeah "turn it off" is like the words for the concept, but nobody actually does it? Unless you're little ol asexual me