Thanks for the warning about the poles, but the eye was done on purpose to quickly brute force the shape of the pupil, because I just wanted to finish hte overall look and it was the main body that was my priority. How would I fix the poles, so that I have a better idea for my next model?
I tried this, making them 5-sided by ripping and adding a new face – would this be a good potential fix?
https://imgur.com/a/nsveYcg