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Okay, we'll start out simple with a quote from wikipedia.
"Robert Plutchik created a wheel of emotions in 1980 which consisted of 8 basic emotions and 8 advanced emotions each composed of 2 basic ones."
Those 8 basic emotions are listed below.
Basic Emotions
Joy
Trust
Fear
Surprise
Sadness
Disgust
Anger
Anticipation
Now, in accordance with Plutchik's 'theory', 'Love' at its core consists of two 'basic' emotions, both of which Cortana has demonstrated; Joy and Trust (Of course, there are other signs).
We know Cortana is fascinated by the Master Chief. We know by certain comments within Halo 3's campaign, that she cares for him a lot. We know that she trusts him, and is generally happy when he's around/awake.
It seems completely plausible that Cortana is capable of love.
Now, you're probably thinking "Why is this important?"
Well, with Cortana's impeding rampancy, things could get really bad for the Chief. Think about it, if Cortana 'loves' the Chief in her current unstable state, a single comment or action that she doesn't agree with could send her into straight rampancy (Which seems to flip an AIs emotion 180 degress. I.e, turning that 'love' into hate.)
Not to mention she might become overly protective of the Chief - One example that comes to mind is making sure no one finds them in space so she can have him all to her self.
Just something I thought of then. Kinda related to Halo 4, kinda not.
I guess you can try and discuss, though I'm not sure if there is much to talk about anyway. :)