As said earlier on in the review, "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" did suffer from its pace and that it did feel underdeveloped. It is not a dull episode, quite the opposite, and the characters are mostly written well and excellently voiced as usual. There is emotion and the Tantabus is a suitably ominous threat. The best being Rainbow Dash's and the "Slice of Life Part 2"-like shared dream sequence. Furthermore, while the story is very flawed a few of the dreams are interesting (although admittedly they are not the most imaginative ones in the world). The writing balances humour and pathos pretty well on the whole, Luna's conflicting emotions are touchingly done and did find myself very amused by Rainbow Dash's dream and the smart references in the shared one. The music is similarly great, especially in Rainbow Dash's dream. The animation is very good throughout, especially in the shared dream sequence and it has a lot of atmosphere in the climax. "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" has many great things. Luna's development though was appreciated and it was great to see her play a bigger role.
There is a lot to admire about "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" and it serves well as a mid-season finale (it would have worked too as a season finale), but a great concept to me didn't feel fully explored and the execution would have fared a lot better if the episode slowed down, didn't try to do as much and was also in two parts. "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?" is an episode that seems to have divided the fandom, some liked it a lot and appreciated Luna's development while others considered it a missed opportunity.
It is always very difficult to follow on from such a brilliant episode in a season and show high point in "Amending Fences", especially with a premise this good and with the chance to see an underused character return and take the lead this time.
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