Quote Originally Posted by Aotrs Commander View Post
Don't buy that at all.
Celestia says "Discord is the mischievous spirit of disharmony." That could be a metaphor, but I don't think so. The story she tells is a creation myth, with her and Luna Zeus to Discord's Cronus.

Fundementally, at the end of the day, if something commits repeated Evil acts - it doesn't matter to me if it's sentient/sapient or not; it's therefore technically Evil. If it walks like a duck, if it talks like a duck, if it tortures sentient/sapient creatures for (externally percieved) amusement like a duck - the fact it isn't a duck is completely irrelevant, because it's going to get treated as a duck, regardless of it's morals or lack of them.
It's a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation to rail against the storm or the volcano, or blame the tiger when it eats you. To butcher a lesson from Bakemonogatari, if you make the mistake of treating a spirit like a pony, you will only cause yourself grief.