Watching: The Awkward Dursley Family

"I'm glad my presumption didn't bother you. Although drinking something hot can soothe the body when it's hot, young people always prefer the pleasure of cold drinks slid down their throats."

Rupert felt as if Dumbledore could read minds. Just as he was starting to lose interest in drinking the chilled Pumpkin Juice, the glass he was holding and the pitcher that was suspended in mid-air both faded and disappeared into thin air.

Then, a shallow stone basin with strangely shaped carvings on its rim appeared before him.

What should I do?

Dumbledore walked briskly to Rupert's side. "Place your hands on the edge of the stone basin and recall everything you want to show us. It doesn't have to be detailed, just a key word to refer to them. For example, if you want to share a book with us, keep repeating its name in your mind."

"Our brains are far more powerful than we imagine. Many images that we think we have no memory of, or that we only glimpsed briefly, can actually surface from the ocean of memory if we think about them."

As Rupert listened to Dumbledore's voice, he felt a chill run from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

He kept repeating the keywords 'Harry Potter' and 'movies' in his mind, and then he felt something inside his body quietly slip away from the skin that was in contact with the Pensieve.

From Ron and the others' perspective, Rupert suddenly trembled all over, then looked like he was having an orgasm, and then the silvery substance in the basin—whether it was light, gas, or liquid—began to spin.

A melody, a blend of lightheartedness and solemnity, began to play, and the contents of the basin came to life with color—a blue sky and white clouds, with a huge blue-gold emblem in the center.

"Warner Bros. Pictures?" Ron asked doubtfully. "That's the company that made this movie?"

Robert's hand had already left the Pensieve. "Yes, Warner Bros. Pictures."

During their conversation, a road sign reading 'PRIVET DRIVE' and a patch of darkness appeared before them.

"Privet Drive! I've been there, that's Uncle Harry's house!" Ron said.

(Harry recognized her immediately. He hadn't been back to Privet Drive in a long time. The last time he saw his aunt was when his mother dragged her to his birthday party. It was also then that he learned that Aunt Petunia knew Snape.)

The scene shows an owl flying by, and then a tall, thin figure dressed as White Wizard emerges from the darkness.

The music becomes suspenseful and slightly Shocker.

("An Animagus owl?")

("Is this Dumbledore?" Some viewers have already noticed something's off.)

Next up was a silver tabby cat.

The old man took out a silver object that looked somewhat like a flashlight, pointed it at the streetlights, and pressed it a few times. The light from the streetlights turned into spheres of light and was absorbed into them, causing all the streetlights to go out one by one.

'Is this me?' Dumbledore interest. He didn't think the old man had the bad temper that Neville and the others had described. On the contrary, he was very similar to the old man he had been in before.

The only difference is that the Deluminator in Dumbledore's hand looks more like a flashlight, while his looks more like a lighter.

The tabby cat let out a few soft meows, and the old man wearing half-moon glasses lowered his gaze kindly. "I should have known you would come, Professor McGonagall."

The scene shifts to a cat, then to its shadow. As the music intensifies, the cat's shadow transforms into a human figure, which then reappears as a woman with a serious expression.

'Professor McGonagall? She looks older, and she wears round-framed glasses, not square ones.' Dumbledore quickly noticed the difference.

"Is this Professor Dumbledore?" Ron's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he heard Professor McGonagall address the old man.

Neville and Draco were also very puzzled.

"How is that possible?"

"This is not Dumbledore!"

Rupert realized, "It's the actor, Richard Harris played Dumbledore in Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, but after his death, Michael Gambon played the role in the later films."

(Dumbledore realized, "So my actor's name is Michael Gambon.")

The camera then focuses on a blue sun in the sky, which zooms in and then pulls back to reveal the outline of a motorcycle. Hagrid, whom the two had just mentioned, steps off from the motorcycle.

(Hagrid was now sobbing uncontrollably. He paid no attention to the questions Professor McGonagall had raised about him during Dumbledore's conversation with Professor McGonagall. All he could think about were those words: "I can entrust my life to Hagrid.")

(Grindelwald's face turned ashen. Although this Dumbledore didn't look like the one he knew, he still wanted to rush up to Hagrid, point his wand at his chest, and ask, "Hagrid, will Dumbledore mourn for you?")

Although it might be impolite, Dumbledore felt that Hagrid was perhaps more emotionally stable and reliable, and he could still vaguely remember the sound of Hagrid crying and wailing when he handed Harry over to him.

"Albus, do you really think it's safe to leave the child with this family? I've been watching them all day, and I've never seen a worse Muggle than them."

(Hearing Professor McGonagall say this, even though Harry already knew the whole story, he still nodded subconsciously.)

In the scene, Dumbledore has already explained his reasons, without mentioning Harry's scar or the scar on his left knee that is a complete map of the London Underground. He concludes with the words, "Good luck, Harry Potter."

The image focused on the lightning-shaped scar, from which golden light shone.

Damn! Potter is the Chosen One! Draco took a step back.

Ron and Neville shook hands.

(Ginny, amused by baby Harry's appearance, fell off the stool and landed face-first.)

(It wasn't just Ginny; many viewers were taken aback.)

("The Love Charm must have sensed the presence of a blood relative and is beginning to activate," some knowledgeable people analyzed with an air of certainty.)

Dumbledore was also stunned for a moment, until

Accompanied by dark clouds, music, and the sound of lightning, the words "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" appeared in the Jin Guang.

"That's a special effect," Rupert explained at the opportune moment.

"You're crazy! You scared me!" Ron quickly shook off Neville's hand.

In a flash of white light, the lightning bolt scar, gleaming with golden light, reappeared. The scene expanded, and Harry Potter with blue eyes emerged from it.

(Snape seemed to see something filthy; the blue-eyed Potter was already courting death!)

Ron and the others didn't have a chance to raise any questions.

Rupert explained, "Dan, I mean Daniel, is allergic to colored contact lenses and can't wear them, so his eyes are blue. But in the movie, they're green, and many characters mention that his eyes are like his mother's."

("Allergic reaction! Why not just go blind!" Snape wouldn't allow Harry Potter with any other eye color to appear in front of him.)

(Harry's eye color issue softens the impact of Aunt Petunia's appearance, Harry's living in the downstairs locker, and Dudley's rudeness and hostility towards Harry.)

(Of course, this doesn't include Sirius. He's already planning to go and teach the Dursley family a lesson. In his view, not treating Harry like the Little Prince is abuse.)

(Some viewers, even though their attention was diverted by the eye color issue, still felt somewhat dissatisfied with the Dursley. However, when they heard Dudley calling Harry's cousin and telling him to go to the zoo, they suddenly felt that the Dursley treated Harry quite well and truly considered him family.)

(Dudley a bit mischievous, but it is his birthday after all.)

(When Aunt Petunia told Harry to cook, some viewers didn't seem to care much, since Harry barely did anything in the scene, only frying the bacon in the pan for less than a minute.)

(Aunt Petunia had been doing all the work before.)

(Uncle Harry's tone was a bit harsh, but it's understandable since Harry isn't related to him by blood.)

(However, Dudley's subsequent performance still left some viewers dissatisfied.)

(Ginny frowned, "Not satisfied with 36 gifts? You're still demanding 38?")

(Lily shook her head. "Petunia still spoils her son too much.")

Just as Dumbledore beginning to wonder if Mrs. Figg's information was inaccurate, and why Petunia and the others were being so kind to Harry, Ron angrily clenched his fist and shouted, "What kind of lousy director made this?!"

"It was Harry's neighbor who broke his leg, but they didn't feel comfortable leaving Harry at home, so they sent Harry to the zoo!"

The scene playing was Dursley threatening Harry that if he tried anything again, he would starve him for a week.

"See! This is the only point that's somewhat true."

Draco murmured in a dreamlike voice, "I always thought he was pampered like a prince, that he was the Chosen One!"

Neville, as Harry's roommate, knew a thing or two about the locker, but he never knew it was so small.

Rupert explained, "This is for the sake of the film's length; some minor details—"

"Details? Unimportant?" Ron scoffed. "This is Harry's history of suffering!"

He pointed to Dudley, who had pushed Harry to the ground to see the snake, and said, "That's the real deal!"

Rupert, trying to lighten the mood, said, "By the way, did you know? Dudley's actor is Harry Merlin!"

But nobody paid him any attention.

In the scene, Harry stares intently at Dudley, who is leaning against the glass. The glass disappears, and Dudley falls into the water.

The giant python deliberately slithered past Dudley. Dudley got up to go out, but found that the glass had reappeared. He called for his parents to help.

Harry beamed with joy, just as Dursley saw it.

Upon returning home, he was locked in the storeroom by Dursley.

An owl appeared and dropped a letter outside the house.

The camera then shifts to inside the house.

Dudley, dressed in a red suit and carrying a gift, looked rather comical, but the Dursleys looked quite proud.

("It looks like a while has passed," Ginny said worriedly, taking Harry's hand. "You haven't really gone a week without feeding him, have you?")

(Harry shook his head, looking completely nonchalant. "Dursley forgot one thing: I'm the cook.")

Harry looked disgusted. "I'm not going to have to wear that too, am I?"

The Dursleys, along with Dudley, let out a shrill laugh.

They said he only deserved to go to a public school.

(Lily frowned, but she knew how expensive private schools were. Given that Dumbledore wasn't paying child support and Harry's magical riots were always causing trouble, Petunia and the others were already doing quite well.)

(But this attitude, this unbridled mockery, made it seem as if they didn't consider Harry a flesh-and-blood human being.)

(She finally understood why Petunia's eyes darted away and her face was full of guilt when she saw her, and why Harry treated Petunia, who had come to her birthday party, as if she didn't exist.)

(However, this cannot be used as grounds for their disqualification.)

(Petunia always viewed magic as the enemy that killed her, both longing for and hating it.)

(Harry looks so much like James, and James has offended the Dursley.)

In the scene, an owl drops letters, Dursley tears up, and Petunia opens an egg, which is also full of letters.

She tried to remain calm, but when she finally noticed the countless owls outside the window, she let out a desperate wail.

Dursley did not give up, persisting from day to night, and threw the letter into the fireplace in front of Harry.

Time flew by and it was Sunday.

Dursley, with his messy hair but a ruddy complexion, asked Dudley, "Why is Sunday the best day?"

"Because they don't deliver mail on Sundays," Harry blurted out.

Dursley, unusually, wasn't angry and spoke to Harry gently, "You're right, Harry."

(Hagrid laughs heartily, "Foolish Dursley, no Muggle can stop Harry from becoming a wizard.")

Ron couldn't understand, "If they hate Harry so much, why don't they just let Harry leave?"

"Perhaps they're worried that Harry will become a wizard and take revenge on them," Draco guessed.

Dumbledore sighed, "They hate magic. They're just doing their best to keep magic away from Harry."

"Harm?" Ron's eyes widened.

In the image of the Pensieve, Dursley's laughter abruptly stops, and letters begin to flood into the room.

(Harry should have been laughing, but instead saw the Dursley screaming and howling in disbelief after being slapped in the face.)

(But now he realizes that perhaps Dumbledore wasn't wrong; they were just protecting him in their foolish and hateful way.)

(Even Dudley's, most favored opinion, is of no importance at this moment.)

(Their only goal was to keep him away from magic.)

(This was indeed love, the kind of love that had once caused him pain and resentment.)

(Perhaps even the Dursley themselves didn't realize it.)

Even so, Dursley did not give up.

They moved with Harry to a small cabin on a lonely island.

(Lily sighed. In a way, her sister and brother-in-law's family were indeed quite good at treating her son.)

"Okay," Ron had to admit, "It is love. But they definitely have something wrong with them. If Harry, they should treat him better."

He stared speechlessly at Harry in the video, who could only sleep on the floor covered with sheets, but with a warm blanket.

"How sentimental, it's Harry's birthday today."

(Ginny's eyes reddened as she looked at Harry was writing "Happy Birthday" on the ground to wish her a happy birthday.)

(Sirius, who had been stopped by Lupin, started clamoring to go to Privet Drive.)

"Then Hagrid appeared, right?"

"Oh~"

Ron was startled.

Even though he knew roughly what was going to happen next, it still felt too much like a scene from a horror story.

In the dead of night, amidst Wind and Rain, an unknown creature clad in fur burst through the door and into the house.

Fortunately, Hagrid's honest face and the birthday cake in his hand lessened the eerie atmosphere somewhat.