What if the Autobot/Decepticon war (any continuity) was portrayed in some way as:
Science vs Magic
Nazis vs Jews
Cats vs Dogs
Danish Modern vs Art Nouveau
or as a war over slavery?
Secondly, on the advice of
okami_myrrhibis I submit the idea that Perceptor is an exceptional kisser, like Valentine Michael Smith in Stranger In A Strange Land. If you could get his attention away from Science, and didn't annoy him too much in the process. Imagine that level of attention and intention, directed into a kiss. Not to mention curiosity, inclination toward experiment, a certain degree of childlike playfulness and millions of years of experience.
This leads to the question of what kind of kissers are the other Transformers? Those that have mouths which enable kissing, anyway. ^_^;