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My main thought is that I see concrit from anyone other than the giftee as being more irrelevant than anything else. Yes, tasteless, but mostly irrelevant. The fics written for these exchanges sometimes have extraordinarily specific parameters given and the gift is tailored to one individual's request, rather than having been written for the wider enjoyment of the fandom at large, or a specific segment of it. I mean, larger enjoyment is certainly hoped for, but it's icing. If the recipient is happy, that's the main thing, IMO. If not, then I think that they have the right to give concrit, but I think that's fairly tasteless, too. UNLESS the author specifically disregarded the requests in some way. For instance, if my gift fic came with an A/N that went to the tune of: "Sorry, I know you said any of these pairings [list], but I hate all of them, so I wrote you Kreacher/Filch instead. Also, I can't write bottom!Kreacher like you requested at all, it just squicks me, so you'll just have to deal", I'd be pissed off. And probably make mention of that in my comments. If the author, and I think that the vast majority do, has tried to fulfil the requests and the recipient is happy, then everyone else's concrit is sort of beside the point, as I see it. Oh, and also inappropriate. :P