Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester
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| Pairing: | Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester |
| Alternative name(s): | Denny, Deanbenny |
| Gender category: | Slash |
| Fandom: | Supernatural |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Small |
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Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester, also known as Denny, is the slash pairing of Benny Lafitte and Dean Winchester in Supernatural fandom.
Canon
Dean and Benny meet when Dan and Castiel are accidentally sent to Purgatory at the end of season 7. Dean and Benny develop a mutual partnership and then friendship during their time together in Purgatory. At the beginning of season 8 Dean returns to earth and brings Benny's soul with him, and performs a spell so he can return Benny to his body. They maintain their friendship throughout the season, even though Dean tries to distance himself, because of Sam's mistrust of Benny. Dean kills Benny, with his permission, so that Benny can return to Purgatory and help Sam and Bobby. Benny was supposed to return with Sam, but instead stays behind to fight the leviathans, giving Sam a chance to escape.
Fandom
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Purgatory: because Dean was there for almost a year, but we only saw a small fraction of his time there, many writers will explore what his time there, with Benny, was like
- Benny Lives: Benny does not die at the end of season 8, or is resurrected
- All Human AU: where Benny is not a vampire, perhaps he was never a vampire, or somehow cured of vampirism
- Sex Positions: usually Dean is written as a bottom and Benny as the top
- Past relationship: sometimes their relationship is characterized in the past tense, often as a stepping stone to the Dean/Cas relationship
- Threesome or Poly: this is almost always with Castiel, in fanworks they are sometimes referred to as Team Purgatory, because of their collective time there
Challenges
Fanworks
Fan Art
- Blood Brothers by mysteriousharu
- SPN - BennyDean by emmiesensei
- deany/benny :), Archived version by billyrusso
- Hey Captain, Archived version by themcnobody
- even a vampire and a hunter deserve a good night’s rest, Archived version by thebisfor
Fanfiction
- The Road Always Leads to Home by anarchycox
- Dear John by kototyph
- Beignets by assbuttsinlove
- Remember this Regret too by worldturtling
Graphics and Gif Sets
- Lateran Burning, Archived version graphic by envydean
- Upside, they always smell like food, Archived version gif set by ynjin
Example Art Gallery
Art by dustyjournal, created for the 2015 DeanBenny Big Bang fic Waterlow
Art by suchacat for the fic Cloud Age, created for the 2014 DeanBenny Big Bang
Art by androbeaurepaire for the fic A candle in the storm, created as part of the 2016 DeanBenny Big Bang
Art by dmsilvisart created for Show Me Your Teeth, as part of the Things That Go Bump In The Night Bang
Archive and Links
- Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester tag at Archive of Our Own
- Dean + Benny at FanFiction.net
- Tumblr Tags: deanbenny, dean x benny
- The U.S.S. Denny (LiveJournal community)
Resources
- Denny page at the Supernatural Wiki