In reply to Ahmad Awais.

I'm actually all in favor of reinventing the wheel. But, in such discussions about how guidelines limit creativity, we need to be talking about specific things. Specifics matter.

Designing with certain limitations doesn't always mean less creativity though. Good designers/developers are going to build awesome stuff regardless or because of limitations.

There's also another side to this: plugin compatibility. Many things we get pretty strict about because if we're not, themes simply break plugins. As a plugin author myself, I rarely see a conflict with a repository-hosted theme. I see conflicts almost daily with non-repository themes.

Present your case to me on Slack. I'll either tell you how you could perhaps build it within the context of the guidelines or help make your case for a guideline exception to the other admins.