Mario World 1-2 Metapuzzle

by Ian Tullis and Ari Nieh

Puzzle answers:

VERNON DURSLEY
BARRY ALLEN
JACK DAWSON
DOMINIC SOREL
ECHO
CONNOR MACLEOD 
WINTHROP PAROO

Each of these answers is the name of a character who has a love interest, spouse, or other object of affection with the same name as a flower:

VERNON DURSLEY	--> Petunia
BARRY ALLEN 	--> Iris
JACK DAWSON	--> Rose
DOMINIC SOREL	--> Anemone
ECHO		--> Narcissus
CONNOR MACLEOD	--> Heather
WINTHROP PAROO	--> Amaryllis

The initials of the flowers spell out PIRANHA, the meta answer.