Konkin was a lifelong fan of
C. S. Lewis and
J. R. R. Tolkien In a 1976 issue of
Alarums and Excursions, Konkin published a drawing depicting
Dungeons & Dragons writers
Gary Gygax,
Len Lakofka and
Tim Kask being hanged by a group of women. This came in the wake of community backlash after Lakofka had suggested new rules for women that would have rated their "beauty" and made them weaker in combat against male characters. Konkin himself attempted to propose a new character archetype, the
damsel, which he depicted as a
chaste character in search of love, in the vein of a Disney Princess. Konkin's proposal was criticized for upholding
gender stereotypes, in which chastity promoted the character to a "
consort" while
promiscuity demoted them to the role of "
courtesan". He was also criticized for
victim blaming in scenarios where the damsel is sexually assaulted, as he implied that
suicide was a woman's only moral response. Writer Aaron Trammell described Konkin's proposal as an
objectification of women because it defined them by their sexuality. Other
D&D fans wrote to Konkin in objection to his character proposal, with many describing it as the work of a "
male chauvinist pig" while one re-characterized it as
satire. Trammell characterized the letters as an act of
restorative justice, where the writers attempted to privately explain to Konkin the problems they had with the character, rather than publicly denouncing him. == Political opinions ==