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[–] PillBugTheGreat@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Converging is sexy, but the second I go to commit, Gallery is like, why don't you come peek under my staircase.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Newel feels the most medieval to me, as it's what has been used in every cathedral spire I've visited, but balustrade is so cool

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Balaustrade gives me this impression...

[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A picture really is worth a thousand words. Nailed my exact impression haha

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

🤣🤣🤣

[–] enshu@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] FarmTaco@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Balustrade gang rise up!

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Obviously correct choice

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Spiral or Newel. They FEEL so Medieval.

[–] xep@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks ago

Gallery, converging, or balustrade, but you can't make me choose, I can't choose just one.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

There's no debate, spiral counter-clockwise is both aesthetically pleasing and offers the best defense against sword-bearing invaders.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck, these are all bangers.

If I rememeber, I'll edit after further deliberation.

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago

Toss up between converging and balustrade.

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 9 points 2 weeks ago

It just looks like a fairytale

[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like I just leveled up my descriptive abilities for RPG DMing purposes.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Newels so knights couldn't have their sworn in the best hand going upwards (you'd have to use the left hand, and that was something knights just wouldn't do, it meant dying)

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I really can’t choose, I love them all equally.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

Earlier that day: "I don't care for Single Run".

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

I felt like 'spiral', easily when opening the post.

Yet somehow it became much more complicated than I envisioned.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Obviously quarter turn wins

[–] don@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

The only correct answer, goat.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

So understated, so elegant.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

So true. Arcade is a close second but it just doesn't have that je ne sais quoi.

[–] angelmountain@feddit.nl 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nevel obviously. Especially becaude it always turns to the right so it's easier to fight downwards with the sword in your right hand then upwards.

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah! Take that, lefty scum!

[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Arcade for outside, converging for the main entrance hall, and gallery for everywhere else inside

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Newel because I could never walk on one not thinking about clearing corners with my bow looking for goblins

[–] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

I was going to say Newel because I'm right-handed, and I bet it would be easier for right-handers to defend going down rather than attackers going up using a sword. I might be overthinking it though.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Gotta be gallery unless you're under attack, then it's newel all the way

[–] FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Balustrade and Converging

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 7 points 2 weeks ago

And here I was expecting everyone else to say semi-circular too. Humble and simple.

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spiral is my favourite pre-Escher period staircase type.

[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Semicircular is banging ngl

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[–] ThiccSemperTyrannis@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Newel, although climbing Ulm 20 years ago scarred my psyche

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta respect the spiral. Not once have I used a staircase from which you can see the bottom floor and not had intrusive thoughts about dropping something or myself.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

No love for the semi-circular?

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

This makes me feel something I've never felt before. Damn. Thank you.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Staircases are so cool! My personal favorite thing to photograph in old buildings is doors.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Quarter turn is the type used on cs_italy, right?

[–] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Converging feels like it's gonna throw you down. Arcade has little peekaboos, feels cozy.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Go big or go home.

Spiral... without the handrails.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Spiral, no contest

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I fear that the spiral has a consistent radius, and is therefore a "helical staircase".

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I guess that's why we call helicopters helicopters and not spiracopters. But in many medieval buildings, whose stone walls are normally thicker at the base and get thinner toward the top, the stairwell cavity would get wider as it went up, making the stairs a spiral.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

That sounds pretty convincing to me. I vote spiral.

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