The fact that the slow burn romance isnât in your face is what makes it somehow even more intimate and beautiful to witness.
I donât think we ever see them say âI love youâ but their actions speak so loudly that they never needed to. Jack seemed to almost KNOW about the ambush ahead of time, delegating Furiosa to pursuit which quite literally SAVED HER LIFE as we watched the War Boy he allowed to drive the rig get killed almost instantly, which wouldâve been her if he didnât make her drive a pursuit vehicle. Then, he wants her to leave. He shoots the flare, and she almost goes but NO. Sheâs not abandoning him and she floors it back toward him. And when Jack catches sight of her, coming back to help him instead of leaving for the place she had trusted him enough to tell about, he gets this absolutely haunted, terrified look in his eyes, like he thinks sheâs dooming herself by coming back to help him.
But Furiosa doesnât give a fuck, because heâs the only semblance of peace sheâs ever had in this hellscape since watching her mother be tortured and murdered. So she saves him and they begin their grand escape and, with the belief theyâve left the citadel behind them, Jack seems to allow himself to fully realize his emotions for Furiosa, now that theyâre driving away from the citadel, now that they no longer need to hide any sort of attachment to try and protect themselves.
And then Dementus. Fucking Dementus has to come along and ruin EVERYTHING. And still, they fight for each other, to protect one another. I didnât notice this on my two viewings but someone pointed out that after Dementus flipped their car, Jack can be seen reaching for Furiosa, to check on her, and just AHH these two stir up my emotions so much.
Then, as Dementus rants and raves and theyâre both probably concussed to hell and in pain, they only have eyes for one another, drawn together, gently pressing their foreheads together, and Furiosa whispers âmy Jack,â like an oath, like she knows this is their final moment together.
And Jack, as if sensing the same, allows himself to fully acknowledge and realize his feelings and emotions for Furiosa when he breathes out âmy Fury,â barely audible before they appear to share their first gentle, tender kiss, also their last before Dementus rips them apart.
And, like I saw in a fic, someone said that even in his final moments Jack was desperately craning his head, trying to get a glimpse of Furiosa and, in his final moments, his own torture allows Furiosa the distraction she needs to get away to avenge all the things that Dementus has taken from her.
And itâs all just so fucking poetic and heartbreaking and BEAUTIFUL and I need to watch this movie a million times.