whimsey

an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

• “the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories”
• “he had a whimsy about flying to the moon”
• “whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it”

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

• “I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory”