I love Benny. He’s a cuddly vampire with a good heart and a wonderful smile and it’s a shame he didn’t get to stick around longer. Here are a few reasons to love and appreciate Benny. 

• Benny was a vampire but he wasn’t interested in hurting anyone. He even went so far as to drink donate blood rather than attack people for sustenance. 
• He was a pirate when he was alive. Not a Golden Age of Piracy pirate (unfortunately) but a pirate nonetheless. 
• He spent some time working for his great-granddaughter in her diner. He killed a hunter to save her life. 
• He fell in love with a human and unfortunately had to find out that she had been turned into a vampire and was willing to continue hunting humans. She died in front of him.  
• He was never really able to fit in again after his return from Purgatory and that’s a shame. 
• He was actually a good person. 
• He saved Castiel’s life in Purgatory even though moments before he argued that Castiel probably wouldn’t make it through the portal and should be left behind. He relents, giving in to Dean’s judgment and saves Cas even though he didn’t have to. 
• Benny died so Sam would be able to find the way out of Purgatory and stayed behind because he didn’t feel he belonged among the living.
• The last we see of Benny is a fight he has with vampires. We don’t know if he won or lost. 
• He has an awesome hat. 
• His tearful goodbye with Dean is sad and terrible and also great. 
• His southern drawl is fun. We haven’t had many characters (who aren’t some manner of British) with noticeable accents. 
• Numerous innuendos can be made about how he was carried by Dean out of Purgatory. 
• Benny was an all around good dude who, much to my surprise, did not turn out to be a bad guy and given the Winchester’s history with monster allies up to that point, it was great to see. He was like a big, cuddly vampire teddy bear who was still willing to kick ass when needed.