I am still a beginner in inkscape, but recently i dabbed in using the power stroke to create a varying stroke width. The problem is that one of the parts of the image doesn't have an end node. Now i do know that you can simulate a merge with a path that has no end node with Path > Combine, but that ...

Hey yes, you are right it's just a rendering glitch though it would mess up my design or something but did the intersection and it's working good.

Thank you for your help and I am a sorry that i jumped the gun a bit before checking whether it will mess my design or it will work fine.

Hello i am still very much a beginner and i have stumbled across a problem i cant find a solution for. My problem is i want only the path to be included in the blend mode, but sadly the whole selection box is included in the blend mode. What am i doing wrong?