Where has Connie been?

So, Connie’s been missing for a couple episodes, ones where it would have made sense for even a mention of her.

It even seemed odd to me at first that we didn’t even get a mention of her in Gem Drill from Steven until I saw Steven Floats.

This theory is one I’ve been sitting on since I watched the episode, but I’ve been iffy on posting it. There will be lots of maps and stuff as well as my tired rambling (I only got a couple hours of sleep).

Spoilers, maps, and rambling under the cut.

So, a couple things go with this theory as to where Connie is.

First off, let’s look at our map of Earth (in Steven Universe):

We know Connie is of Indian descent, but India is … half gone on the map. Of the areas that we see remain, we see that the northern and western parts still exist. In the north, there is the state of Uttar Pradesh which still seems to be intact on the map.

Inside of Uttar Pradesh is a village called “Dhawar”

Which we have seen somewhere else:

We know that places are named differently in SU (Keystone instead of Pennsylvania, Empire City instead of New York) … What if this also extends to other countries? India could be called “Dhawar” instead (we’ve never actually heard the country referred to by name - or any country for that matter!) or it could be the new capital of the country.

So, how does Connie tie into this?

We know she doesn’t live in Beach City but she does live nearby, probably in a larger city (Charm City?).

Beach City doesn’t have an airport, but there could be one close to where Connie lives (and the plane is probably arriving there).

Theory time!

Connie has been visiting relatives (please let that lead to a grandparent arc, Rebecca, I want that so much). Steven knew about it (she probably told him around his birthday), and Connie knew about the Cluster (how could Steven keep THAT from her haha). They probably did say their goodbyes, either in person or over the phone before Connie left - possibly with Steven saying something similar to what was said in “The Return” (maybe something like “So, if there are a bunch of earthquakes, it means we failed and everyone’s going to die so … *awkward moment* … I hope you have a fun trip with family and I can’t wait to see you when you get back!”).

This would be why Steven hasn’t called Connie or why he didn’t mention her in the drill. They already said their good-byes just in case and he can’t call her because no International Calling on his phone (that shiz is expensive!).