>>121178762>She became a player with no part.This exactly, and I feel this is why she has such a limited presence later on, especially in the movie and Future. Her character jumps back and forth between "I wanna be an action heroine" and "I have to study for the best university and """"space camp"""" because institutionalized education is obviously more important in this wide universe I live in than going directly to space on diplomatic adventures with the savior of mankind/Antichrist"
I mean if they're going to have a reason for Connie and Steven not to see each other at least have some balls and make the parents step in after Steven disappears and Connie has a meltdown at home. The whole arc boiling down to some puppy lover's spat wasn't just a waste of time, it was the point where Connie actually just kind of stopped really mattering to the narrative. She was just kind of there for the rest of it.
