Quench:
–verb (used with object)
1. to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3. to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4. to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5. Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Exactly. A quest is a search, not the object of a search. So one could go on a quest for a dragon, and then quench the dragon’s fires (def. 2). One could go on a quest for the White-Hot Iron of Dooooom and then quench it in holy water (def. 3).
Anyways, my annoying Grammar-Naziing aside, I love that last panel. “D’oh, you mean I actually have to do something to earn my rep?”
I’d say that definition 1, “satisfy,” works just fine. You can satisfy a search by finding what you’re looking for. Quest can also mean a journey, and you can overcome a difficult journey by reaching its end.
But, uh…
It was supposed to be a comical misuse of language, anyway.
Far be it from my place to correct a dictionary (I’m not being entirely sincere there)… but that particular “satisfy” definition is just derivative of the other definitions being used in a very particular context, yes?
For all its listing as being a valid definition, using it outside of its assigned context just doesn’t convey the right sort of meaning… does it?
. . . Acknowledging the purpose as being comical misuse of language, of course.
I suppose it was actually Erica’s answer I was taking issue with, as applying most of those definitions of “quench” to a quest would generally imply the quest had been failed . . . that its progress had been abruptly cut short, much as one halts the energy of fire by applying water to it.
AND THAT, while technically making sense . . . isn’t exactly what one would intend nor recommend to be doing with quests.
Please, please, please tell me Payet leaves before they become famous. And then has to live in obscurity ever after, only making money when he sings songs about the famous group of which he was so nearly a part.
How exactly does one “quench” a quest? Well okay, if the quest is for the perfect beer…
Quench:
–verb (used with object)
1. to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3. to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4. to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5. Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
I would go with definition two or four.
Yeah THAT’LL teach you to ask Erica questions.
But is a quest an object?
It is in a grammatical sense. That is probably the sense that dictionary.com is using.
It’s a noun, yeah.
Exactly. A quest is a search, not the object of a search. So one could go on a quest for a dragon, and then quench the dragon’s fires (def. 2). One could go on a quest for the White-Hot Iron of Dooooom and then quench it in holy water (def. 3).
Anyways, my annoying Grammar-Naziing aside, I love that last panel. “D’oh, you mean I actually have to do something to earn my rep?”
I’d say that definition 1, “satisfy,” works just fine. You can satisfy a search by finding what you’re looking for. Quest can also mean a journey, and you can overcome a difficult journey by reaching its end.
But, uh…
It was supposed to be a comical misuse of language, anyway.
Fair enough. And “quench” and “quest,” used together, do produce assonance, so that’s all right then.
They produce consonance as well.
And alliteration.
Far be it from my place to correct a dictionary (I’m not being entirely sincere there)… but that particular “satisfy” definition is just derivative of the other definitions being used in a very particular context, yes?
For all its listing as being a valid definition, using it outside of its assigned context just doesn’t convey the right sort of meaning… does it?
. . . Acknowledging the purpose as being comical misuse of language, of course.
I suppose it was actually Erica’s answer I was taking issue with, as applying most of those definitions of “quench” to a quest would generally imply the quest had been failed . . . that its progress had been abruptly cut short, much as one halts the energy of fire by applying water to it.
AND THAT, while technically making sense . . . isn’t exactly what one would intend nor recommend to be doing with quests.
Ok. I’ll leave the dead horse alone now.
OMG! It’s like he’s Mike Tyson or something.
Let me just say:
1) Your script is genius.
2) Your art is beautiful
3) You update on time! With HUGE full color updates!
You guys ROCK!
Bandit seems to be most excited about something in the third panel.
Also, the poor one armed boy…he most certainly can never pick an ax like Payet Best, but he could be a great drummer one day.
Poor kid, he could still be a singer!
Please, please, please tell me Payet leaves before they become famous. And then has to live in obscurity ever after, only making money when he sings songs about the famous group of which he was so nearly a part.
Bandit appears to have found somebody’s wallet. And it has money in it! Even better, they’re still carrying in it! Best day ever.
I almost feel sorry for him in that last panel. He looks like for a moment, he realizes how empty (and average) his own life really is.