Originally Posted by
Captain Librarian
Rachel was going to choose Dent, since Batman had to be well, Batman. Maybe, with the defeat of the Joker and Dent's inspiration, he decides he can phase out Batman (he did retire for a long time anyway, if you'll recall). Otherwise, I doubt they stay together. Without the dead cops, there's no need to blame Batman for their death, and perhaps he becomes a noble symbol of the defeat of the man who killed Harvey Dent. On the other hand, a lot of criminals now understood Batman to have a no kill policy, and without the myth of the killed crooked cops, maybe he runs into Joker wannabes?