My most controversial opinion is that CyGate is an age gap relationship, and what makes it special is that Cyclonus doesn't take advantage of his greater experience over Tailgate.
I really don't like it when people genuinely mean stuff like "Tailgate is older than Ratchet". Now don't get me wrong, joking that he's an old fart is really fucking funny, but some people say it to justify shipping CyGate as if that's gonna make it okay ? Guys it's already a healthy relationship, they have a whole development arc where Cyclonus realises he can't hover over Tailgate all the time and Tailgate realises he should stop pretending that he's more knowledgeable than he is because it's getting him hurt. They literally learn to be more than their difference in age and experience.
Yes, Tailgate is a grown adult by Cybertronian standards, yes, his holoform doesn't mean he's an actual child, but no, he's not "older" than everyone else on the ship. Tailgate simply hit the pause button. He's not profusely lying about everything to everyone for shits and giggles, he does that to compensate for being young and unexperienced. Cyclonus is the only one who cares enough to see through the lies and not judge him for it, which is why they end up paired together. Both of their bodies are old but only one of them has lived through all that time. Genuinely pisses me off when people shallowly make age-related power imbalances all about physical appearance, when the real source of power is in the mind and that's where you should be looking for disparities.
*