Connie Maheswaran

Connie Maheswaran is a character in Steven Universe. She made her debut in the episode "Bubble Buddies."

Appearance
Connie is a young girl with dark brown puffy hair and glasses. She's usually seen in a mint-green and white dress, along with a baby blue sash, and lime green socks, as well as salmon-colored boots. Unlike in the intro, where she wears a hat and has no socks. Her casual wear includes blue overalls with a green-striped white shirt; a green shirt and gray khaki shorts; white shirt which has a golden sun, with blue shorts and dark pink flats; pink shirt with blue shorts, and her boots; sleeveless periwinkle dress with a pale violet lace around her waist, and powder blue flats. For tennis practice, she wears the outfit she previously wore in "An Indirect Kiss" (the second casual outfit), along with a pale blue tennis visor and has her hair in a ponytail. Her party outfit is a yellowish-white mini cardigan, white top, black-gray leggings, and pink heels.

Personality
Connie has a reserved/bookwormish personality. She is withdrawn and introverted, as well as curious and intelligent. But because she moves so often, she has been unable to make lasting friendships and often feels lonely. It is heavily implied that her parents are somewhat controlling and disallow her from doing common childhood activities (such as eating donuts or anything with trans-fat). Connie can be a bit deadpan at times, such as when she jokes about cutting off Stevens hand in "Lion 2: The Movie" and in that same instance she quickly caught on that by poking/tickling Steven she could provoke a reaction from Rose's Training Cave. Her hobbies appear to include tennis and reading, she also plays the violin, as seen in "Fusion Cuisine." Despite obeying her parents consistently, she does exploit loopholes (such as not buying snacks at a theater, instead Steven supplying them with some at his home).

Steven
Steven first saw Connie about a year prior to the series during a parade. He saw her drop her bracelet, so he kept it in the freezer so he could return it one day. She also remembered seeing him on his father's float, mentioning the soap bubbles in his hair. He becomes her first friend although Connie does somtimes feel like her life is much more boring compared to Stevin's. They are currently good friends.(and it's implied they share a mutual crush as they do nearly kiss in "An Indirect Kiss" and again in "Alone Together".)

Mr. Maheswaran and Dr. Maheswaran
She is very loyal to her parents, who while they tend to be strict, do want the best for her, and want her to be smart, orderly and healthy. She closely follows their orders, but does occasionally bend the rules or even lies to them to get away with something (such as saying Steven had a nuclear family in Fusion Cuisine)

Episode Appearances

 * Bubble Buddies
 * Lion 2: The Movie
 * Rose's Room (cameo)
 * An Indirect Kiss
 * Mirror Gem
 * Ocean Gem
 * Fusion Cuisine
 * Alone Together
 * Winter Forecast

Trivia

 * Connie appears in the title sequence as the "Mr. Universe" van drives by. She holds the book "A Wrinkle in Time".
 * The creators of the show were planning on having a character in the show that would be Steven's girlfriend. It may be possible that their final idea was Connie.
 * She is able to write backwards. This is seen in the very short amount of time it took her to write "Harpoon Gun" on the inside of the bubble in "Bubble Buddies".
 * It is revealed in "Lion 2: The Movie" that Connie plays tennis.
 * According to writer Matt Burnett, Connie's race is Indian.
 * Following the events of "An Indirect Kiss", Connie can now see normally without her glasses thanks to the healing powers in Steven's spit. However, in order not to agitate her parents and optometrist, she pops out the lenses of her glasses and puts them back on.
 * It is revealed in "Mirror Gem" that Connie plays violin


 * In "Fusion Cuisine", it is revealed that Connie's last name is Maheswaran, and she is also shown to be a bit embarassed of Steven and the Crystal Gems.
 * Connie is the only character so far seen wearing a different outfit each episode she appears in.
 * In "Alone Together", she fused with Steven to create Stevonnie.
 * Connie's personality seems to be the more dominant one in the fusion.
 * She is also revealed to be embarrassed to dance in public.
 * It is implied in the episode that Connie suffers from Social Anxiety (Saying that she's too scared to dance in front of people, and Stevonnie's hallucination when people started to stare at them.)

Connie