Gotham Preference - Discovering Your Youtube Channel
Requested by anon: could you do preferences for selina kyle, bruce wayne, jim gordon, harvey bullock, edward nygma, oswald cobblepot and fish mooney. for them finding out the reader has a youtube channel with a couple million subscribers? sorry if thats too many people.
A/N: These turned out away longer than I expected. Whoops. Also I kept this kinda neutral as to whether or not the reader is friends or in a relationship with the characters. Especially with Fish. Hers kinda came out as a mentor-student type relationship.
Selina Kyle
The first time Selina even got to watch Youtube was when she stayed at the Wayne manor. Bruce had shown her a few videos before leaving her to her own devices. Scrolling through video after video, she noticed a familiar face: yours. When the hell did this happen? How did she not know about this? She began watching nearly every video of yours, eyes dropping down to look at the number of subscribers you had accumulated. She was impressed, proud even. The next time she saw you she tried to play the whole thing off casually. “So, that’s what you do when you’re not around? Pretty cool, kid.”
Bruce Wayne
Bruce may have gotten a bit over excited when he found out. He’d just logged on when your face suddenly popped up in the Recommended section. It took him a moment to realize it was you he was seeing in the video. He quickly waved Alfred over to show him, a bright smile plastered on his face. That was his friend! How had he not heard of this sooner? “I found you on Youtube the other day,” he informed you the next time you’d come over. “A couple million subscribers? You should be proud of yourself, [F/N]!”
Jim Gordon
(What is this gif. How have I not seen it before) Jim usually doesn’t spend time on the internet. The only time he’s really seen videos is when Harvey sends him something the other cop deems hilarious. It isn’t until he checks his email one day that he finds a link to a video with the subject “Look at who I found”. Curiousity gets the better of him and he watches it, somewhat shocked to see that it’s you. He then proceeds to spend the next few hours--a longer time than he’d like to admit--simply watching your content. The next time he sees you he honestly tries his best to act as if he knows nothing about it, despite the fact that Harv tries to rat him out. Jim’s a bit shy about letting his inner fanboy out.
Harvey Bullock
Harvey is the last person you would expect to spend time on YouTube. But he, in fact, could spend hours getting deeper and deeper into weird videos. However, finding your videos was almost not too much of a surprise to him. At first he had watched a collaboration you had done with another YouTuber he followed. It took him a second to process it the moment you were introduced, but ultimately he was impressed. After finishing the video, he went onto your channel and watched those. Whether your topics were something that interested him or not, he simply viewed them because it was yours. He didn’t want to make a big deal out of it--he was sure you wouldn’t want that and, honestly, he was a bit embarrassed to admit that he spent a large portion of the night prior binge watching you online.
Edward Nygma
Ah, YouTube. Back when he worked at GCPD, it was the best way to unwind at the end of the day. His taste of viewing varies from simple background music to trying to find more puzzling riddles (YouTube has surprisingly good inspiration; albiet simplistic). He tends to leave things on autoplay so he can wander around his apartment without having to constantly stop what he’s doing to pick a new video. He was barely paying attention, too caught up in whatever he was doing, to notice that the website had taken him to a different kind of video altogether. In fact, it was an ad that had come up. His ears perked up upon hearing your all too familiar voice, promoting something of yours coming up. He quickly made his way back to the screen, a grin spreading across his face when he saw yours. He settled into a chair, clicking on said ad before being taken to your channel. He wasn’t too surprised when he saw the amount of subscribers you had amassed. He knew you well and found you to be quite charming. Of course you were popular here. Anyone would be crazy not to like you.
Oswald Cobblepot
Oswald, much like Jim, isn’t one who spends his free moments watching things like YouTube. He finds that there are much better things to do with his time. Ed is the one who introduces him to the website in the first place; insisting on showing him something. Annoyed, Os finally agrees and lets Ed queue up the video. Resting his chin in his hand, he expects only the most trivial of things.He’s surprised to find, however, that that’s not the case--far from it. He sits up straight, eyes widening a bit as he recognizes your face. “That’s [F/N],” he says suddenly, gaze flickering to Ed who was smiling. He turns his attention back to the screen and leans forward in interest. When it’s over her quickly prompts his friend to play another one. He doesn’t notice how many subscribers you have initially, paying far more attention to the series of videos you’ve made. When he does finally notice, he’s obviously impressed. It’s no easy feat making it big like that, and he admires all the work you’ve put into the channel itself.
Fish Mooney
Mama Fish is obviously the proudest of them all. The way you command attention in your videos is what she admires most. More likely than not, she probably heard about your channel from the few workers in the club. Why you’d keep this a secret from her, she doesn’t quite understand. You’re making a name for yourself and she finds that most appealing. You’re working hard, she likes that. The number of subscribers you have isn’t something to laugh at. When she approached you about it she had nothing but praise. Just don’t keep such a success story like that from her again.
Damian one day decided to snoop around the library, he was bored and was grounded from patrolling due to him trying to escape the manor at night and getting caught.
He went to the back section, he rarely ever went this far. He pulled out a few books hopping for one to trigger open a secret passage way, much to Damian’s dismay a white letter fluttered out. Damian scrunched his eyebrows in confusion but quickly picked up the decaying letter, it had a slight yellow tinge but the letter seemed to have never been opened.
He ripped open the letter pulling out the paper inside.
'Dear my beloved Bruce, I decided to run away from my family. They have always dictated my life and actions, but you taught me to think freely, to let go. They don’t approve of us and planned to send me away, but I will not let them do so. I thank you for teaching me this way of free thoughts, I will not tell you where I’m going but I do know one thing, we will meet again if we are meant to be. Love, Y/N’
Damian’s eyes widened after reading the letter, he quickly ran out the library note still in hand. He rushed to the living room where he heard the familiar voices of his bickering brothers.
“No Jason you just can’t-”
“GRAYSON!” Damian cut Dick off and quickly handed him the letter, the boys huddled around him reading over his shoulder.
“Who’s Y/N?” Tim asked snatching the letter out of Dick’s grasp.
“I have no idea, does Bruce just have a bunch of secret relationships and more spawns of his running around that we aren’t aware about?” Jason snatched the paper out of Tim’s hold while Damian glared at him.
“Y/N?” Alfred was eavesdropping on their conversation.
“Who is she?” Damian questioned the butler. “She was Bruce’s first girlfriend, his first everything. He was madly in love wit her but her parents didn’t approve of her dating a Wayne son, they wanted her to marry into another higher class family to seal some deals.” Alfred sat down on the couch over looking the letter.
“Master Bruce became devastated after her disappearance he never really loved ever again, I don’t think he ever got over her.”
“Do you know what this means?” Dick clapped his hands in excitement, “No, I don’t.” Jason said sarcastically.
“We need to find this Y/N person! To make Bruce have an actual Valentine.” Tim rolled his eyes, “We don’t even know anything else but her name.”
“Her name is Y/N Y/L/N, I wish you all luck.” Alfred walked out as the boys began to scheme.
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“Are sure this is her?” Jason quirked his eyebrow, “Well she seemed elated when we mentioned Bruce, I’m hopping she is.” Tim answered as they waited for Bruce to come.
“Why are you all calling me? Did Damian stab Jason again?” Just as Bruce walked in asking questions the door was knocked. Dick ran over and opened the door revealing a mature women with a warm smile on her face.
“It’s been a long time Bruce.” She smirked as Bruce’s jaw dropped.
It was late and Harvey had just gotten home from the courthouse, finding you and the little one still awake, the baby standing against the couch and you looking half asleep. He smiled a little when he closed the door, catching the baby’s attention. He was given a gummy grin before the child shrieked ‘daddy!’ happily and toddled over to him, walking for the first time. His eyes widened and he smiled, catching the child and lifting them up, holding them close. He cooed happily at them, then looked to you, chuckling a little, seeing that you slept through the whole thing.
Character: Bullock
Bullock and you were having a restful day at home for once, ignoring the problems of the outside world. Your child was playing on the ground with blocks when you stood to get a drink from the kitchen. You were filling up a glass of water when you heard Harvey whispering to the baby. Then he called for you, you went to the door of the kitchen and your mouth dropped open as you saw the little one toddling around the room, chasing their father. He laughed happily and you giggled as well, eyes brimming with happiness.
Character: Jim
Jim was asleep in bed when he heard the patting of little feet. That was new, he could hear you whispering from the doorway so he knew nothing bad was happening. Slowly his eyes opened and he came face to face with his toddler, smiling mischievously at him. He sat up fast and they giggled, walking back to you, taking their first steps back and forth from you to him. He smiled big and picked the child up and tossed them in the air gently, making them giggle as much as he was.
Character: Alfred
You were asleep when the baby started crying that morning. Alfred knew you had been up with them the night before so he let you sleep, getting up and heading into the nursery, retrieving the standing toddler from their crib. He walked into the playroom, setting them down before going to look for a quiet toy to play with. He heard some movement and turned, expecting them to be crawling towards something when he saw they were walking. His eyes widened and he smiled letting out a small cheer for them. They laughed and clapped, watching their daddy do a small dance for them.
Character: Bruce
Bruce had volunteered to watch yours and Alfred’s child while you had a rare night out. It was just a baby, couldn’t even walk yet so he figured it would be simple. However, then it stood up, gave Bruce a defiant look and started to toddle around the room. His eyes got big and for a second he panicked. What if the baby walked down some stairs or into a wall? He quickly got up and started chasing the child around the house, making sure they didn’t injure themselves. Finally the child settled down and when you and Alfred arrived home you found Bruce asleep on the floor with your baby laying on his back.
