I think it's tacky to concrit a gift fic in public, mostly because of the recipient's feelings than anything to do with the author. If you want to concrit a gift fic, do it in email to the author. You could be spoiling the recipient's fun by publically broadcasting your oh-so-helpful concrit. (you = random fic concritter, not you = geoviki!)
I think it's extremely, incredibly tacky to concrit a gift fic in an anonymous exchange, especially while the author is still anonymous! I have seen pages of self-righteous commentary on certain Smutmas fics taking place on various livejournals, and the only thing I can think of that's tackier is actually doing it on the fic post itself. Most authors who are amenable to concrit would actually like to respond to that concrit, but they can't for possibly a month or more if it's an anon fest. If you're just chomping at the bit to concrit, write up your concrit and then SAVE IT and email it to the author after they can claim it as theirs.
The only time I feel it's appropriate to concrit a fic written for you as a gift is if it's clear the person clearly disregarded your prompt. If you say 'no bondage please' and there is bondage, well, I would probably call that out. (in PRIVATE email with the author.) I would never criticize something other than blatant disregard of your requests, because for all you know, your fic could have been a pinch hit done by a very gracious person at the extreme last minute because the person who was supposed to write for you dropped out.
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I think it's extremely, incredibly tacky to concrit a gift fic in an anonymous exchange, especially while the author is still anonymous! I have seen pages of self-righteous commentary on certain Smutmas fics taking place on various livejournals, and the only thing I can think of that's tackier is actually doing it on the fic post itself. Most authors who are amenable to concrit would actually like to respond to that concrit, but they can't for possibly a month or more if it's an anon fest. If you're just chomping at the bit to concrit, write up your concrit and then SAVE IT and email it to the author after they can claim it as theirs.
The only time I feel it's appropriate to concrit a fic written for you as a gift is if it's clear the person clearly disregarded your prompt. If you say 'no bondage please' and there is bondage, well, I would probably call that out. (in PRIVATE email with the author.) I would never criticize something other than blatant disregard of your requests, because for all you know, your fic could have been a pinch hit done by a very gracious person at the extreme last minute because the person who was supposed to write for you dropped out.