Connie Maheswaran/Synopsis

The story of Connie Maheswaran from Steven Universe.
==Before the Series==
One year before the events of the episode, "Bubble Buddies", Connie is seen attending a parade in Beach City. Steven saw Connie drop her bracelet at the parade, and decided to keep it in his freezer so he could return it to her the next time he saw her.
==Season 1==
One year after the parade, Steven runs into Connie, who is reading a book near his house. Steven then tries to impress her by doing tricks on his bike, but he fails. Steven panics and runs back into his house. As a backup plan, Steven grabs Connie's glowing bracelet from the freezer and runs back to her. While on the way, Steven is practicing his greeting, when a piece of the cliff crumbles and falls towards Connie. When Steven jumps to rescue her, his gem glows and encases both of them in a pink bubble that deflects the rocks. Steven and Connie introduce themselves, and she asks Steven if he can deactivate his bubble. Steven then realizes that he cannot disable the bubble. He says the Gems can help, but Steven and Connie are unable to roll up the hill to the house. Steven and Connie try multiple methods of popping the bubble, but none of them seem to work. They eventually end up on a roller coaster track in Funland. The roller coaster hits them and launches Steven and Connie into the ocean.
As the two try and roll back to shore, a giant worm (actually a corrupt Orange Spodumene) appears and frightens Connie. When the worm eats some kelp, she buries herself into the ground, which creates a trench that Steven and Connie fall into. For a moment, the trench is dark, but then some sea plants start to light the surroundings. Steven ended up accidentally putting his foot in Connie's face. He tries to apologize to her, but she finally explodes, frustrated that Steven does not know what he is doing, and that she might die without ever making a friend. Connie starts crying, and Steven shows her the bracelet, telling her that they can be friends. He tells her that he saw her during a parade the year before, but couldn't find her to give her back the bracelet, so he kept it in case he met her again. Connie remembers that she saw him last year too, realizing that Steven was the kid on the car wash float at the parade. As the two reconcile, the bubble finally bursts. Steven and Connie make it to the surface, only to find out that the Gem Monster followed them. They swim to shore and run away from it, at which point Steven realizes the monster is chasing Connie because of her bracelet. Steven takes the bracelet and uses it to lure the worm to a nearby pier, where he uses the pillars to trap and defeat the worm. The Gems show up and Garnet bubbles the monster's gemstone. When Pearl and Amethyst try to introduce themselves. Garnet stops them by telling them not to mess with Steven's "funky flow". Connie asks what "funky flow" is, and Steven gets embarrassed.
In "Lion 2: The Movie," Connie shows Steven a trailer for Dogcopter 3. She tells Steven that it is her favorite film franchise, and she hopes it stays loyal to the book. Amethyst sees Dogcopter and decides to shapeshift into him, astounding Connie. Steven assures her that the movie will be more impressive than any magic. Connie, unsure of this, asks how they will get to the film, as the theater is far away, but Steven says he has a plan. Outside the house, Steven introduces Connie to their mode of transportation, Lion. They mount Lion, but when Steven says he is not trained very well, Lion leaps above the ocean, terrifying Connie and Steven. He runs across the ocean for a while, until Lion creates a portal by roaring and runs through it. The three then arrive inside an empty room in a cave. 
Steven and Connie explore the armory while Lion lies down and rests. Steven finds out he can control the room, and after a while, he activates a floating robot. Lion helps them escape the armory and takes them to the Beach City theater. After being slightly burned by the robot, Steven offers Connie a can of soda to ease her pain. She says to just forget about the movie, as Steven probably has more important things to do. Steven says that Dogcopter 3 is imperative to him, and asks why Connie would hang out with him because he messes everything up. Connie asks why he would ever hang out with her because she is less interesting than anything else he experiences. Suddenly, the robot comes back and is more aggressive than before. Lion summons a sword from his head to help them defend against the robot. Connie helps Steven destroy the robot, by using what she learned in tennis practice to reflect its shots. After dealing with the amazed ticket clerk, they finally get to see Dogcopter 3.
In "An Indirect Kiss", Connie and Steven are having a picnic, when she notices Steven is upset. This leads her to ask him why there was a fence put over the cliff. After Steven tells the story of how he and the Crystal Gems rescued Amethyst, Connie is shocked to hear that Steven feels useless to the gems. Connie tells him that he can always come to her, magic or not, and leans in for a kiss, only to stop short and exclaim that she has a headache. After taking her glasses off, she realizes she can see without them. Both are shocked, and they realize Steven's juice, (which he foreshadows by stating that the juice box trade was mostly backwash,) healed her. The episode ends with Steven rushing off to the Gems to tell them about his new healing saliva ability, while Connie takes the lenses out of her glasses.
In "Ocean Gem", Connie decides to go with Steven, along with Greg, the other Crystal Gems, and Lion, on his quest to find Lapis. When they make it to the water spire Lapis has made out of the ocean, Lapis tells them to stay away and creates water clones to fight the Gems. Steven's water clone attacks Connie and him, nearly drowning them in bubbles of water. Greg saves them but breaks his leg in the process. In anger, Steven puts up his shield, destroying the water clones. Connie then watches him go up the tower to talk to Lapis. After Steven heals Lapis, he falls with the tower. Teaming up, Lion and Connie catches him before he lands.
In "Fusion Cuisine," Steven and Connie were watching Under the Knife. Connie's mother calls and asks to speak with Steven's mother. Steven starts to get worried due to his mother giving up her physical form to make him. He hands the phone to Garnet. Garnet pretends to be "Mom Universe", but she panics, and makes it sound like they had died playing with swords. Later, Steven calls Connie and asks if she can come over. Connie says she cannot because her parents are upset with Steven and refuse to let Connie see Steven until her parents have met both of his parents. Steven assumes that he will bring all of the Gems to the dinner, but Connie objects. Connie then admits the fact that she told her parents that Steven has a nuclear family, meaning that Steven has a mother and a father living with him. That night, Connie and her parents are at The Crab Shack. Connie's father wonders why Steven and his family are late, when they are startled by rumbling. Steven and Greg come riding in on Alexandrite's shoulders. After a while, the two families are having dinner. Some awkward conversation occurs, after which Connie asks Steven to help her find the restroom. The two go into the restaurant, and Connie urges Steven to lie about his family, much to Steven's dismay. Steven and Connie go back to the table, and after a short while, Alexandrite starts arguing with herself, which leads to her unfusing. Dr. Maheswaran berates Connie for lying to her, which causes Connie to run crying towards a nearby bus stop, and Steven to follow her. Connie and Steven decide to run away so they can be friends without having to worry about Connie's parents. As they are leaving on a bus, the enraged Gems (fused back as Alexandrite) catch up to them and force them to return. The Gems angrily chastise Steven in front of the Maheswarans. The Maheswarans are impressed with the Gems parental abilities, and allow Connie to continue being with Steven.
In "Alone Together", Steven practices fusion dancing with the Gems but hasn't been able to fuse. He expresses his disappointment to Connie while they are on the beach. She tells him that she is impressed that he can dance with the Gems at all, admitting that she does not like to dance in front of other people. Steven decides to ask Connie to dance, stating that they are the only ones there.
As they dance, Steven suddenly trips over Connie, and she catches him. They laugh and touch foreheads while Steven's gem begins to glow. Steven and Connie black out, and wake up to realize that they have fused into Stevonnie. Later in the episode, Stevonnie unfuses back to Steven and Connie, after a moment, they start laughing hysterically. Sour Cream, unperturbed, starts throwing everyone glow sticks, which Steven and Connie run through, still laughing.
In "Winter Forecast," Steven and Connie are hanging out inside the Beach House eating marshmallows by the fireplace. Dr. Maheswaran calls Connie on her phone to tell her to get a ride home because of the impending snowstorm. Steven and Connie wish that she could stay so they could watch the snow fall. The Crystal Gems walk in, and Garnet confirms the impending snowstorm with her future vision. Steven wants to show Connie a video, but Garnet advises him to make the right choice before kissing him on the forehead and passing her future vision to him. He then witnesses a series of alternate timelines of his decisions to get Connie home. In the first timeline, Steven and Connie head over to It's A Wash so Greg can drive Connie home. They play around in the snow before Greg suggests they leave immediately so they can beat the storm. Steven and Connie however, are able to convince Greg to try on various outfits with the pretext that he needs to look appropriate. During this time, Steven and Connie continue playing around in the snow. By the time they leave, the snow is falling heavily. Greg's van rolls over a patch of ice causing it to spin wildly out of control and crash into the snowbank. Greg decides that they should walk the rest of the way. They eventually reach Connie's house, only to be greeted by her furious parents who are upset because of the late arrival and because Connie became sick. Mr. Maheswaran reluctantly allows Steven and Greg to stay the night.
The second timeline starts back in the crashed van. This time, however, they decide to wait out the storm in the van. While they are eating dinner, Connie's dad calls her and informs her that he is almost at Beach City. Due to the snow, Mr. Maheswaran's car swerves out of control and crashes into Greg's van. The third timeline starts back at It's A Wash. Steven convinces Connie to stay at the Beach House because of the bad events that could come to pass. As they are running back, Connie calls her parents to inform them of her decision. As they begin to protest, Steven grabs her phone and attempts to persuade them before throwing it into the nearby snowbank. When they reach the Beach House, they see the Crystal Gems about to warp the Shooting Star to the Galaxy Warp. Pearl is surprised by Steven and loses focus. The star touches the warp pad and explodes. Steven returns to the present, and with the knowledge acquired from the future vision, makes the right decision to leave immediately. Connie arrives safely home to her happy parents, who suggest that Steven and Greg stay the night to avoid the snowstorm. Later that night, Connie creeps downstairs to watch the snow fall with Steven.
In "Marble Madness," Connie introduces Steven to her favorite book series, The Spirit Morph Saga and tries to tell him the story, but they are constantly interrupted by the Plug Robonoids Peridot keeps sending to Earth.
In "Open Book", Steven and Connie go into Rose's Room to recreate a better ending to The Spirit Morph Saga series. Steven turns into a character in the book after explaining that the room can overload. Connie then exclaims her wish to be the character, Lisa. The room does not obey her command, however, as the room only listens to what Steven wants. Steven asks for a suggestion, and Connie requests a costume shop so she can dress up as the character she wishes to. After a few moments, Steven says that he wants to see her. Connie exits the shop in her costume. Throughout their attempt in creating a new ending, Connie keeps asking for what Steven wants whenever Steven asks her what she wants, as he intended it to be all for her. After making some endings, Steven, once again, asks Connie what she thinks. She then asks again what Steven wants. Steven says that he is trying his hardest and asks Connie not to do what he wants. This causes Connie to break down, repeating the word "want". Steven soon realizes that this "Connie" is one he accidentally summoned (as the room listens to what Steven says he wants) and that the real Connie must still be in the costume shop. He undoes the creations but is unable to un-summon the fake Connie, who says that he did not want her to do what he wants.
Steven attempts to fly away on a Wind Lizard, but the fake Cloud Connie grabs its tail and pushes Steven off. They land near the costume shop where Connie is calling out for Steven. Steven is trapped under the fake Connie in a wedding dress who says she knows what Steven "really wants". Steven asks for help, and Connie has a short fight with her, but the fake Connie seems to ignore her presence, still wanting to trap Steven. Steven finally gives in and admits he likes the book's ending, and the fake Cloud Connie evaporates. Connie is shocked and asks why he said he disliked it. Steven states that he did not want Connie to think less of him. Connie says she does not think less of him, saying she cares more about Steven than a book. It ends with Connie and Steven exiting the temple discussing why Archimicarus "obviously" had feelings for Lisa
==Season 2==
In "Full Disclosure", Connie calls Steven multiple times to ask him if he is okay. When Steven does not answer the phone due to wanting to avoid Connie, Connie goes to his house to check on him. Steven leaves when Connie arrives, but Connie notices him and chases him through the wreckage of the Gem Warship. Steven hides behind one of the Warship's fingers and tells Connie that he no longer wants to be friends. Connie tells him that she will only believe him if he says it to her face, so Steven comes out of hiding. He confesses that he still wants to be Connie's friend, and was just trying to protect her from everything that was happening. Steven then tells Connie everything that happened during "Jail Break" and "The Return".
In "Love Letters", Steven and Connie are by the beach taking selfies. They are approached by Jamie who has mail for Steven. Steven introduces Connie. Later on, Connie and Steven deliver Jamie's letter to Garnet in which he professes his love. When delivering Garnet's response, Steven stops Connie from giving the harshly worded letter to Jamie for fear of shattering his heart. Connie then rewords the letter poetically, in an attempt to let Jamie down easy.
In "Sworn to the Sword", Connie is convinced by Steven to begin taking sword fighting lessons from Pearl. As the lessons progress, Connie becomes a very skilled sword fighter, but Pearl's influence on Connie start making her obsessed with protecting Steven with her life. Concerned with her safety, Steven follows Connie to one of her lessons and convinces her that they should fight together. After arguing with Pearl, she is convinced that Steven and Connie would both be great knights. The episode ends with Connie still taking lessons from Pearl, now with Steven by her side.
In "We Need to Talk", Connie and Steven are helping Greg sort through his old records. Connie comments that at home she does not have any music other than movie soundtracks and classical music. Greg responds by playing The Philosophy Majors for her. Steven and Connie dance, causing them to fuse into Stevonnie accidentally. They quickly unfuse, startled, and Connie panics, asking Greg not to tell her parents. Greg tells her that he is probably the only human being on the planet who would understand. He then tells Connie and Steven a story about him and Rose and tells Connie if she ever needs someone to talk to that he is okay with talking with her.
In "Nightmare Hospital", Steven takes Connie home from sword training and gives her Rose's Sword to practice with. Connie's mother discovers the sword and confiscates it, and takes it back to the hospital with her to check on her patients. Connie and Steven sneak into the hospital to retrieve the sword but are caught by Connie's mother. Before anything can happen, the patient wakes up and begins attacking them. Steven reveals that the patient is a gem mutant, and Connie pleads with her mother to let her use the sword to help fight. Her mother refuses to back down on a rule, so they run out of the room and attempt to escape the hospital. They are hindered by another gem mutant, and Steven bubbles Connie and her mother to protect them. Connie continues to plead with her mother to allow her to use the sword, but her mother stubbornly refuses to listen. Steven insists that Connie has been training to use a sword for a long time, but Dr. Maheswaran insists that she know more about her daughter than Steven does. Connie then remarks that her mother does not know anything about her, as she has not even noticed that Connie's glasses no longer have lenses, despite the lenses having been removed almost a year prior. Connie then grabs the sword and defeats the gem monsters, before she, Steven, and her mother leave the hospital. Connie apologizes to her mother for lying about Steven, and her mother realizes that she and her husband may be too controlling. Her mother promises to back down on some of the rules and to keep an open mind about everything that has been happening. Connie and her mother then embrace.
In "Steven's Birthday", Connie goes to the Barn to visit Steven and spend the night there for his birthday. She is shocked to learn that Steven is fourteen years old and therefore older than her. After Greg shows her a picture album depicting Steven's several birthdays during his life, she is surprised to see that he has not grown up in his last few birthdays. Connie asks Greg to talk in private and asks him whether Steven is going to grow up. As Greg says that he is not sure, Connie is visibly concerned. When Steven uses shapeshifting to make himself look older, Connie is impressed and amazed at his change. They spend the rest of the day together. Later on the same day, Connie and Steven are stargazing when she decides to confess that she was worried that they would not be able to grow up together and that she was relieved to see that she was wrong. This revelation causes Steven to lose control of how old he feels and revert into a baby. Connie gets desperate and takes Steven to Greg. She rides on Greg's van with Greg, Steven, and Amethyst, hoping to calm Steven down. She tells Steven that she will always be with him no matter what age he is, which makes him stop crying. She wakes up the next day to find Steven back to his normal age. She notices a single hair on his face and is relieved to see that he is growing up.
==Season 3==
In "Beach City Drift", Connie and Steven encounter Kevin asking Steven if they have met before. Connie nervously runs over, excusing Steven by saying that Kevin looks like another guy they know. Greg asks if the two know Kevin, and Connie explains the events of what happened when they formed Stevonnie before. Connie then continues that it was uncomfortable when Kevin kept asking them to dance, and Steven adds that Kevin did not even care about their feelings. Greg says that if he is causing this much trouble, then there's no point to even thinking about him, and she thanks Greg. At night, Steven and Connie are sitting on Greg's car at It's A Wash. Steven is still mad at the incident with Kevin, but Connie is somehow thinking about the situation and wishes that she could just say something big to Kevin to get him to think. Steven says that he wishes he could race against Kevin, and rub the winning ribbon in his face. Connie says that kids cannot drive because it is against the law, but Steven mentions that they were not kids when they were Stevonnie, and Connie understands Steven's metaphor. As they race Kevin, Stevonnie eventually unfuses after becoming unstable. Steven and Connie are shown in the back seat, asking each other if they are OK after they were unfused. Connie asks what they explained to Steven that all they have been doing for that past day is because they are obsessed with Kevin. The two decide to finish the race, for themselves instead of to beat Kevin.
In "Gem Hunt", Steven, Connie, and Pearl warp to the Great North in front of a large Wailing Stone. Steven takes pictures with his phone per Mr. and Mrs. Maheswaran's requests. Connie thanks Pearl for allowing her to come along to help them find a corrupted Gem and takes it as an honor to work along Pearl. Pearl complements Connie about her impressive 'sword fighting' which have exceeded beyond her expectations, she also states that with her careful supervision, she is confident Connie will be able to accomplish a simple Gem recovery mission. Connie thanks Pearl and promises she'll not let her down. As Connie asks how they would know whether a corrupted Gem is nearby, a huge roar is heard, and the corrupted Snow Monster appears. Pearl exclaims that Connie and Steven have to work together; Connie quickly takes out her sword, Steven summons his shield, and they ready themselves to battle but when they were just about to face the beast, another Corrupted Gem (Jasper) appears, but they run. Connie tells Pearl that they should split up. Pearl tells Connie that she is her pupil and knows that her combat skills are excellent but states it is too risky because she has never been in a real fight before. Steven tells Pearl about the Gem Mutants they fought in the Hospital and quickly interrupts Pearl by taking out a Cookie Cat Walkie Talkie to help communicate with each other when necessary, and Connie takes out a survival guide book that she read at least 20 times. Both look at Pearl, who, having lost a battle of will, decides to allow it under the condition that they would communicate with her the very moment they find the monster because she does not want them fighting her alone.
The two find tracks in a humanoid shape along with the Corrupted Gem's paw-shaped tracks. A blizzard comes, so Connie and Steven take shelter in a hollowed tree. They hear a roar and follow more tracks to the Aquamarine-colored Corrupted Gem. Steven and Connie attempt to be quiet, so they will not attract her attention, but Pearl calls on the Walkie Talkie, which attracts the Corrupted Gem's attention. Connie takes the Gem's growling as a sign of aggression, and she draws her sword; the sword's glint causes the Gem to attack them, and she manages to pop Steven's bubble, pushing them out of the Gem's reach. Connie throws a snowball at the Gem to bring her attention to her, but she hesitates to attack, saying that she was not prepared for this. She slides past the Gem, recovers the Walkie Talkie and calls Pearl, informing her that they have found the Gem just as Jasper appears. Connie realizes that the Gems were running from Jasper. Pearl tells Connie she would not have brought her on the mission if she knew Jasper would be present. Connie considers her mission a failure since she found herself unable to fight earlier. However, Pearl considers Connie's mission a total success, since Connie followed Pearl's instructions to call Pearl when they found the Gem.
In "Crack the Whip", Steven, Amethyst, Connie, and Lion have fun around Beach City and sword fighting on the beach while Pearl and Garnet went to find the gems. Eventually, Steven and Amethyst go into the water, and Connie soon joins them after a little coaxing. While Steven and Connie splash each other, the ground starts to shake, and the orange corrupted Gem (Biggs Jasper) climbs out of the water onto the beach. Amethyst tells Steven and Connie to fight the Corrupted Gem while she takes on Jasper Eventually, Jasper's crash helmet slams Amethyst into the ground, poofing her. Steven and Connie see this and go to get Amethyst back from Jasper. As they run toward her to attack, they fuse into Stevonnie and get her back.
==Season 4==
In "Buddy's Book", Connie and Steven warp on Lion outside of Buddwick Public Library. She is taking Steven to a library for his first time, which has his favorite thing: books. Connie picks up three educational books with intent to get a head start in 7th grade. Steven asks why Connie does not look up information on her phone. Connie mentions that when she once done it, she had erroneous information about raccoons having heat vision. Connie suggests to Steven to have a look around the library since there is stuff she is sure Steven will love. Steven sees a book underneath one of the shelves and picks it up. Steven takes a look inside and sees sketches of various Gem structures. He runs back to Connie to show her what he found. It is Buddy Buddwick's journal. Steven recalls Jamie recreating a scenario about Buddy Buddwick helping Mayor Dewey discover Beach City, and Steven and Connie imagine Buddy as Jamie as they read through. Steven and Connie realize how Buddy Buddwick left his mark on Beach City by writing so many books that he thought he could fill a library with them which is how Buddwick Public Library exists today. They notice Buddy Buddwick's picture frame and how he looked. They realize they had imagined him way off by imagining Jamie starring as Buddy. They preferred Jamie regardless and laugh it off.
In "Mindful Education", Connie walking up the stairs of the Beach house, and knocks on the door. Steven answers the door, who appears bald, asking what a lovely day it is. Connie, unaware that Steven is bald, agrees with Steven, and proceeds to walk into the house. When Connie finally sees, she continues to appear calm and uncaring of the situation, but asks what happened, as Steven reveals that it was just a joke, but disappointed, and puts the bald cap in his pocket. Connie continues to dig through her bag with Rose's sword in it. Steven asks her if she is ok, when Garnet and Pearl warp in, reminding the two of their fusion training, and that Garnet is excited to see them fight as Stevonnie.
The group moves to the Ancient Sky Arena where Connie is still noticeably upset over something. When the training begins, the Holo-Pearls fuse together, and Steven and Connie perform a brief fusion dance before fusing into Stevonnie. Stevonnie unlocks their floating abilities while fighting the Holo-Pearl fusion, and takes pride in it. They wall jump straight at the giant Holo-Pearl until reality distorts and a vision of Jeff appears. This startles Stevonnie, making them lose focus and unfuse as they fell. Connie runs out of the Sky Arena, and Steven follows her. Steven finds Connie on the steps behind the area, near the warp pad, and decides to talk to her about the way she is been acting. Connie admits that she beat up a kid named Jeff at school, and Steven is shocked, asking her to explain more about the situation. Connie claims that her training instinct just "kicked in," and she did it on accident. Steven tells Connie not to think about it, but Garnet interrupts and takes the kids to the beach to meditate with her as Stevonnie.
Garnet meditates with Stevonnie and sings the song "Here Comes a Thought". Stevonnie takes the lead after her verse and experiences Steven and Connie facing the same issues with the butterflies but ultimately calms down as well. After learning that her guilt was natural, Connie decides to confront her emotions by apologizing to Jeff and make amends, even taking a picture with him on the phone. Steven is impressed while Connie talks about how nice it was to be able to release and do something about her problem. While Connie goes to change, Steven suddenly sees a butterfly from their previous meditation on his mother's sword. Later at the Sky Arena, Stevonnie is fighting better, but when they thrust the sword into one Holo-Pearl, the hallucinations begin again, but this time of Bismuth, the exact moment where Steven impaled her. Stevonnie, through Connie, is confused about who that was but through Steven, they tell her that it was Bismuth. After experiencing more hallucinations, the one of Rose ultimately shocks them, and they fall off the edge of the Arena.
In "Steven's Dream", Steven has a dream where he sees a pink palanquin. The next morning, he calls Connie over, who is excited about his discovery, giving him Buddy's journal from the library. Steven flips the pages to the page with the palanquin drawing, and she corrects Steven's pronunciation of the word, and they decide to ask the Gems about it. Connie awkwardly watches with Amethyst as Steven argues with Garnet about going to where the palanquin in the drawing was located, and as he storms out, she lets him borrow the journal, saying she has to return it in a week
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