Stuff you like to believe happened in Nolan's series

[doobie]

Like the OP, I also like to believe that Bane survived the blast, however, in my imagination, he ran away and left Gotham to find himself and rethink his moral code. When he first met Talia, he saved her due to his having a good heart and wanting to protect children, yet she took advantage of him and corrupted his nature. I think he would realise that and disappear to begin anew, like in that comic after Knightfall.

[doobie]

One thing I like to personally believe is that in the series universe the dead can visit people in dreams and so Bruce's visits from Ra's and his father were genuinely their ghosts and not hallucinations.

[jonathancrane]

I would like to believe that Gotham Knight is canon.

[Anno_Domini]

I still continue to believe that Bruce stayed around as Batman even after the ending of TDK and watched from a distance on how cleaner Gotham City was becoming ever since the top mob guys died and the lower level ones are hauled up in prison for that forthcoming year plus until the Dent Act went into action, and then Bruce quit the cape and cowl and only watched from his super computer.

His leg injury is a prime example of how, if not through surgery, could be capable when worked on/walked on/etc. and wouldn't be a serious problem if Bruce was still Batman for a little while longer without any major activity since Gotham was becoming a safer place. Those last three years before TDKR's events though, that would easily make his leg even worse when Bruce did zilch.

[milost]

I believe that the events of TDKR is a dream/nightmare that Bruce has as he bleeds out at his penthouse after eluding the cops at the end of The Dark Knight.

He hallucinates about a Gotham that no longer needs Batman, him being in a horrible state, Alfred leaving him, the return of the League of Shadows, him being incompetent and crippled.

Then he wakes up, Alfred has patched him up and on the television screen we see that the GCPD has put a warrant out for the Dark Knight to hunt him and Jim Gordon has announced that he has severed all ties with the masked vigilante known as the Batman and has leads on the whereabouts of the caped crusader.

Joker is due in court/trial hearing within a month with plans of an elaborate escape . . .

[Mr. Wooden Alligator]

I like to think Joker is in federal custody, or there was an "accident" while he was being taken into custody. I sort of wonder if Bane didn't brainwash Talia any. Recall she was very young and impressionable when she first met him. Before escaping the Pit. We don't have the details of their time in the Pit, so its a bit of headcanon for me.

[Anno_Domini]

Originally Posted by milost

I believe that the events of TDKR is a dream/nightmare that Bruce has as he bleeds out at his penthouse after eluding the cops at the end of The Dark Knight.

He hallucinates about a Gotham that no longer needs Batman, him being in a horrible state, Alfred leaving him, the return of the League of Shadows, him being incompetent and crippled.

Then he wakes up, Alfred has patched him up and on the television screen we see that the GCPD has put a warrant out for the Dark Knight to hunt him and Jim Gordon has announced that he has severed all ties with the masked vigilante known as the Batman and has leads on the whereabouts of the caped crusader.

Joker is due in court/trial hearing within a month with plans of an elaborate escape . . .

Speaking of dream sequences...

Originally Posted by Mr. Wooden Alligator

I like to think Joker is in federal custody, or there was an "accident" while he was being taken into custody.

Him being locked up in Arkham Asylum fits perfectly, imo. Batman telling Joker he'll be locked up within four padded walls forever and it holds true so far....until the new Batman shows us. I bet that'll get Joker interested again as he once was when the old Batman was active.

[ALP]

I want to believe The Riddler existed in this series, somewhere along the line.

I don't want to believe that JGL became Batman.

[BlueLightning]

Originally Posted by Anno_Domini

Him being locked up in Arkham Asylum fits perfectly, imo. Batman telling Joker he'll be locked up within four padded walls forever and it holds true so far....until the new Batman shows us. I bet that'll get Joker interested again as he once was when the old Batman was active.

I sense Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

"You are not Batman"

And then, he is proven wrong... again... as it should be.

[milost]

OR the Joker captures Blake, unmasks him, pulverizes him into a bloody pulp with a crow bar, displays his corpse on television then calls Bruce/Batman out to try and coax him back out of retirement.

[Anno_Domini]

So in your version, Joker has a hunch the old Batman is still alive then?

I like what BlueLightning is thinking...Joker returns after finally feeling like he can have fun again with another Batman after years being in AA while his "other half" has been gone and then gets even more depressed when he saw Batman die on TV, but is intrigued with this new Batman.

[batfreakforever]

In my world after TDKR the Joker is dead, there is a new Ra's leading the LOS, Robin john blake becomes Batman, Bruce & Selina stay in Florence and never go back to Gotham, Alfred never contacts Bruce & Selina, Gordon turns on the bat-signal, Fox & Blake never meet, The LOS don't come back to Gotham, Gotham Knight is apart of the Nolanverse.

[batfreakforever]

Bane is dead and never got back up.

[Anno_Domini]

Fox and Blake have met though...at Bruce Wayne's "funeral".

[Cassandra Cain]

Originally Posted by milost

I believe that the events of TDKR is a dream/nightmare that Bruce has as he bleeds out at his penthouse after eluding the cops at the end of The Dark Knight.

He hallucinates about a Gotham that no longer needs Batman, him being in a horrible state, Alfred leaving him, the return of the League of Shadows, him being incompetent and crippled.

Then he wakes up, Alfred has patched him up and on the television screen we see that the GCPD has put a warrant out for the Dark Knight to hunt him and Jim Gordon has announced that he has severed all ties with the masked vigilante known as the Batman and has leads on the whereabouts of the caped crusader.

Joker is due in court/trial hearing within a month with plans of an elaborate escape . . .

No, not that it was all a dream conclusion. Could you imagine how that would've held up in theaters? Christ, that would be the worst thing ever.