Capture (one's) imagination verb phrase
To stimulate one's interest and imagination.
The series "Avengers" really captured my imagination.
Liziqi's videos about village life captured my imagination and made me dream of having a small house in a peaceful village.
That picture captured my imagination so much that I used to want to become an artist.
Fairy tales always capture children's imagination.
It is mostly used in the present tense.
Come out of a difficult situation without a stain on one's character
I don't understand how he can fall in shit and come out smelling like a rose.