The Dursleys' late-night caffeine, Vernon's sideways conversation, Jim Dale's fantastic slowly-increasing despair, and why Uncle Vernon is so scared of a cat.
The Durselys are genuinely not sympathetic figures, given that we usually see them from Harry's point of view, and they are objectively horrible in their treatment of him. However, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be a muggle family with magical relatives that have almost God-like powers. Magic does find many ways to impose on their lives and in their home, and they are completely powerless to do anything about it. I sometimes feel sympathetic to them for that dynamic, even though their neglectful and abusive treatment of Harry is indefensible and villainous.
The Durselys are genuinely not sympathetic figures, given that we usually see them from Harry's point of view, and they are objectively horrible in their treatment of him. However, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be a muggle family with magical relatives that have almost God-like powers. Magic does find many ways to impose on their lives and in their home, and they are completely powerless to do anything about it. I sometimes feel sympathetic to them for that dynamic, even though their neglectful and abusive treatment of Harry is indefensible and villainous.