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It makes some sense since I do not think Stevonnie is a one episode entity and connie's skills would probably be a benefit to Steven's powers. Still you can't get around the fact that humans are soft and fleshy while Gems are...rocks i.e. when Ronaldo punished Pearl. It would probably take more than a single season for Stevonnie to surpass Garnet or come close to defeating a diamond.

Going back to your DBZ analogy about Diamonds being like Frieza, I would see the Diamonds and GDA more akin to Frieza's race (Frieza [Yellow], Cooler [White], and King Cold [Blue]), not based on power but the backstabbing nature, and the Planetary Trade Organization.