Lol, no kidding! It had zero meaning other than plot device of the week. *rolls eyes*
When I saw a magical gauntlet, my first thought was of Torchwood’s “Risen Mitten / Resurrection Gauntlet”. Although if it were that, Rumple would surely have used it by now. He would have had to trick someone into sacrificing themselves to do it, but given what he has done with the hat, that would not be much of an obstacle. (The Torchwood gauntlet brings back the dead, by trading a life for a life, like when Neal brought back Rumple.)
But instead, it worked like Captain Jack’s compass. Which makes way more sense from a compass! And I’m sure they even have the rights to it, but they’ve already done a few magical compasses, so, I guess not. 😆
But no, it was just “plot device of the week”!
SFG
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