Connie Maheswaran

Connie Maheswaran is a character from the show Steven Universe. Steven becomes her first friend and appears to have a crush on her. They are currently good friends although, they do nearly kiss in "An Indirect Kiss". She is also taking sword fighting lessons as of the the events of sworn to the sword.

Appearance
Connie is a young girl with dark brown puffy hair and glasses (which she no longer needs as of "An Indirect Kiss"). She wears a cyan-green, white dress and lime green socks, as well as salmon-colored boots. In the intro, she wears a hat. In Lion 2: The Movie, she wears blue overalls with a white shirt instead of a dress. In An Indirect Kiss, she wears a green shirt and gray khaki shorts.

Personality
Connie has a nerdish/bookwormish personality. She is somewhat withdrawn, quiet, introverted, and intelligent. She is lonely and wishes she had more friends. Because she moves so often, she has been unable to make lasting friendships. 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-fats). All of her time spent on beaches has given her some knowledge of boats. Her hobbies appear to be tennis and reading. 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).

Abilities
As a human, Connie does not have access to Gem abilities. She can, however, fuse with Steven to form Stevonnie. She was the first human to ever fuse with a Gem.

Trivia

 * 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.
 * According to writer Matt Burnett, Connie's ethnicity is West Indian.
 * 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."
 * Following the events of "An Indirect Kiss", Connie can now see normally without her glasses thanks to the healing powers in Steven's spit.
 * Connie is voiced by Grace Rolek.