Priyanka Maheswaran

**Priyanka Maheswaran** is the mother of Connie Maheswaran. She debuts in the Season 1 episode "Defective Pearl", but wasn't said by name until the Season 4 episode "The Talk".

## Appearance

Dr. Maheswaran has a dark tan complexion, a small pointed nose, and dark brown shoulder-length hair with dark gray bangs. She typically wears a pale blue shirt with rolled-up sleeves, tan pants, and dark red low-heeled shoes.

Her work attire consists of a white lab coat over her normal clothing.

## Personality

Priyanka is a caring, but fairly strict parent, with a lot of concern towards her only child that can become overprotective much like Doug Maheswaran. Much of this is to make sure Connie was safe, and will either become overly scared or angered whenever something were to go wrong with her in anyway, her admitting herself that she personally wished Connie wasn't so adventurous so she could keep her safe. In Season 1, this made her more prone to anger towards Connie, but over the series, it was shown that she has been trying to support her daughter's interests and give her more freedom, even if still worried about how much danger she was putting herself in.

As a Doctor for the local Hospital, she has been known to keep a level head while at work, only really showing more of her emotions when she's at home to keep up her professionalism. This is also revealed to contribute to her stress, along with her worrying over Connie.

## History

### My Little Universe: Season 1

Priyanka was the first to appear, albeit not named throughout the season, when she and Connie went off shopping in Beach City while Pearl was Discorded. During this she found Pearl pushing Connie away when she tried to make Pearl "presentable", and she went right outside and told Pearl to get away from them. After the encounter, she immediately got Connie to the car. After this encounter, she and Doug ridiculed Connie that night, reminding her of the house rules and having her sent to her room when they found her Portal Key. When the Portal Key became active she and Doug tried in vain to catch it, only to then find that their daughter was missing as she ran away.

Later on, during the two-parter finale, she and her family were confronted by Sombra after their shopping trip. Sombra ridiculed her for being a bad mother, and not keeping better track of her daughter before effecting her with his fear magic. She was left behind as Sombra took Connie away.

### My Little Universe: Season 2

After the Sombra incident, although not physically appearing much throughout the season, it is revealed through Connie that she was still trying to better recover from Sombra's fear magic.

### My Little Universe: Season 4

Her most prominent role in the season is in "The Talk", when she was informed by Flint about Stevonnie's existence. She confronted Connie about it after she got home, and when Connie accidentally revealed Fusion to her, it was enough to make Priyanka faint. After waking up, she and Doug try their absolute best to understand the situation, and how exactly Fusion even works, notably how it was effecting their daughter. She and Doug eventually tell them after failing to understand that Connie wasn't allowed to meet with Steven anymore, but after a brief encounter with the Beartrap Monster, it was enough to have her and Doug change their minds.

### My Little Universe: Season 5

#### *Serpent Arc*

Not long after the Beach City Flooding, Priyanka and her family agreed to let Sadie Miller and Lars Barriga stay over at their home until the city was rebuilt (after going over all of the rules with the two). She also appears in the final chapter, confronting the Crystal Gems with her husband not long after Connie wound up missing again. In the end, she stayed behind as Doug went with the rest.

### My Little Universe: Season 6

In "The Results Are In", she was the one who personally took care of Connie's injuries shortly after her encounter with Diamond's Dog had her hospitalized. After checking her out, she revealed to Steven and Greg that Connie will pull through, but didn't reveal the bad news to them and only whispered it to Doug that it needed to be amputated. When asked if Steven could see her, she refused. She stayed at the hospital, but that night she found out that Connie's arm was completely fine. Instead of being happy however, she instead went to the Gems and demanded they tell her what was going on, revealing the Gem DNA within Connie from there.

### My Little Universe II

After Connie returned home from Grogar, Priyanka helped Connie recover, though the incident did leave Priyanka more worried over the world. During one night, she asked Connie if she could take another break from all her adventures, asking if she thought it was ever too dangerous for her to do. She does believe in Connie though when she said she always will try to stay safe. She and Connie then find shortly after that Steven had come back, and Priyanka offered Steven to stay at their home for the night, but after hearing from Tempest Shadow about Grogar's second attack, she willingly allowed Steven and Connie to go. She reappears later on in "Late Bloomer", being one of the people present during one of Connie's training sessions, not interfering with the training herself. She did though insist Connie to put back on her Jacket when the training was done, letting her "be a mom" for a bit.

She also went with her to The Reef with Connie to check on Pearl, though mostly to keep Connie safe and under her watch just in case something were to happen again. Throughout the visit she tried to keep Connie from going off on her and keeping her out of danger, being the one to refuse Skystar and Silverstream up front. She did ask the others though what they should do after hearing the legend seemingly involving her (the Angels fighting off Leviathan and Ziz), and ultimately decided to let them go to Seaquestria for a little while.