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Warped Sand - New block which floats up instead of falling down

It could function as sand in Nether, with one key difference - in it's raw form which we could find in nether, it could be affected by gravity... in the opposite direction other sand or gravel blocks are... so they could "float".

In my mind this sand could be bright blue or bright purple, and generates on the ceiling of the nether in Warped biomes. We have so far just Warped Forest, but I could totally see a Warped Flatlands with very little Shrooms but very sandy ceiling, and maybe even structures which would be upside down? Or just connected to ceiling?

Above the block, if we dig through surface block of the ceiling, we could find Warped Sandstone - Bright Blue/Bright Purple variant of the Sandstone which would behave like other blocks. It could be also fitting material for new potential structures in Nether.

You could combine Sand/Red Sand, Warped Sand, some redstone and maybe Ender Pearl to create new redstone component: Gravitational Block.

On receiving Redstone signal, Gravitational Block either floats of falls depending if it's supported on it's bottom or not.

This could be another interesting way of creating functional gates, it let's you send redstone signal through Y axis upwards AND downwards, could be used as alternative for redstone cloaks where the block would bounce between blocks...

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    The Good:  I like the idea of variations of the Warped Forest biome. It would be cool to see warped sand on the ground, like the gravel traps that generates between some nether islands. The upside-down feel of this block would pair well with things generating on the nether roof. The structures would be fun to explore. The Warped sandstone would give us three primary colored sand bricks. I like how the Gravitational block is expensive for newer players.

    The Eh: If people could bring warped sand to the overworld, that would be an easy way of creating problems with the entities, same with the Gravitational block. I don't know what the texture of the block would be, but I don't think it should be as bright as the warped fungus trees.

    Suggestions: Maybe warped sand would only work in the Nether? Gravitational Blocks would only move fluidly for 12 blocks and then have to be updated in some way until it reaches the 256 height limit? That would allow for more complicated redstone than just all the way up and all the way down.

    Overall I like everything about this idea, but sand falling up in the overworld might have some issues.