how the writers wanted benny to come across: your mysterious killer. master schemer you have to track across the mojave in order to solve his machinations,. leader of one of the most powerful groups on the new vegas strip who will do anything to make his plans work out. seemingly always two steps ahead of his adversaries
how benny actually is in game: somehow manages to fuck up a point blank headshot. twice. everyone you meet trashes his hideous jacket. can’t keep any allies because he is a compulsive backstabber. potato face. says phrases like “give those charlies a shake for the ben-man”. writes you the least romantic one night stand note ever conceived. gets caught by the legion because he refused to walk around without hair pomade
cows are so wild like here I am walking through a field surrounded by 30, 1200 pound animals who are Fully Convinced I am capable of killing them with my bare hands so they are dutifully cautious of me
but then sometimes they suddenly think “hey wait…maybe WE could kill HER” and they start getting uppity so I have to pick up a stick and walk toward them as if I could do anything about it and they think
“oh hm wait….she has a branch now……… … We wouldn’t stand a chance……”