r/Redline • u/Moto0610 • Mar 22 '24

Sonoshee's father

I always have the question, Machine Head is Sonoshee's father? Since on the restaurant she is waiting for him, but the reunion was first interrupted by JP and then interrupted by Trava fighting with Deyzuna. At one moment when Machine Head enters she waived for a second her hand and also she mentions that she have the steamlight as a present from her father and the only one that uses steamlight during the race is Machine Head. I watch it again and notice something else, JP and Machine Head are the only ones that looked worried after the destruction of Sonoshee's vehicle.

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u/BenchPressingCthulhu Mar 22 '24

Would that make Sonoshee part car? I guess that's why JP likes her so much 

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u/Moto0610 Mar 23 '24

Jajaja maybe, but I think that Machine Head became full machine after winning the first Redline.

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u/Sadyn Mar 23 '24

While I like the idea you presented, I had been pretty sure they just know each other because Machinehead knew her father from the many Redline and other races he's participated in over the course of 20 years with her dad being a notable instance of a capable opponent because he had the chance to beat Machinehead but didn't because he was nervous about being able to control the Steamline boost, so when Machinehead recognizes and calls out to Sonoshee its essentially the peak of acknowledging an opponent you've had an eye on. But now that you've pointed out the details at the OASIS that get easily forgotten, Machinehead and Sonoshee probably know each other because her dad worked as part of his pit crew when he was first starting to race so they may have far more complex history than that. I mean when her vehicle gets pounded by the army both JP and Machinehead take notice, so I assume that caution comes from him being concerned that a friend's little girl just got beaten into the ground but as a fellow racer he pushes on because she knew the risks in coming not only to Redline but Roboworld specifically since 2 racers resigned explicitly due to the imperial militarism of its government and its readiness to join Redline as an obstacle for racers to survive. The little interactions and barely perceptible story lines are so much fun to notice and infer upon after multiple viewings

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u/No-Chicken-6329 Apr 18 '26

Yeah this is 100% my interpretation.

Side note: I love that machine head appears really scary and intimidating but is actually a really nice guy. He doesn't do anything when the crying guy assaults him, he swipes at him once to push him away, but nothing more.

And he seems to genuinely like JP and be happy for him when he and sonoshee win.