Meta:Misinterpretation

Misinterpretation is a common issue in Sagan 4 submissions, where the submitter's interpretation of a species (usually their submission's ancestor) doesn't match canon or the intent of said species' author. Though extreme examples such as the organism's front and back ends being mixed up or a beaked face being turned into giant mammalian lips for a small mouth on the throat are commonly discussed, misinterpretation usually takes on very mild and hard-to-detect forms, such as accidentally giving an organism far more or fewer toes than it should have.