function bbp_add_sticky_topics( &$query, $args = array() ) {

	// Bail if intercepted
	$intercept = bbp_maybe_intercept( __FUNCTION__, func_get_args() );
	if ( bbp_is_intercepted( $intercept ) ) {
		return $intercept;
	}

	// Parse arguments against what gets used locally
	$r = bbp_parse_args( $args, array(
		'post_parent'         => 0,
		'post_parent__not_in' => array(),
		'post__not_in'        => array(),
		'post_status'         => '',
		'perm'                => ''
	), 'add_sticky_topics' );

	// Get super stickies and stickies in this forum
	$super_stickies = bbp_get_super_stickies();
	$forum_stickies = ! empty( $r['post_parent'] )
		? bbp_get_stickies( $r['post_parent'] )
		: array();

	// Merge stickies (supers first) and remove duplicates
	$stickies = array_filter( array_unique( array_merge( $super_stickies, $forum_stickies ) ) );

	// Bail if no stickies
	if ( empty( $stickies ) ) {
		return;
	}

	// If any posts have been excluded specifically, Ignore those that are sticky.
	if ( ! empty( $r['post__not_in'] ) ) {
		$stickies = array_diff( $stickies, $r['post__not_in'] );
	}

	// Default sticky posts array
	$sticky_topics = array();

	// Loop through posts
	foreach ( $query->posts as $key => $post ) {

		// Looking for stickies in this query loop, and stash & unset them
		if ( in_array( $post->ID, $stickies, true ) ) {
			$sticky_topics[] = $post;
			unset( $query->posts[ $key ] );
		}
	}

	// Remove queried stickies from stickies array
	if ( ! empty( $sticky_topics ) ) {
		$stickies = array_diff( $stickies, wp_list_pluck( $sticky_topics, 'ID' ) );
	}

	// Fetch all stickies that were not in the query
	if ( ! empty( $stickies ) ) {

		// Query to use in get_posts to get sticky posts
		$sticky_query = array(
			'post_type'   => bbp_get_topic_post_type(),
			'post_parent' => 'any',
			'meta_key'    => '_bbp_last_active_time',
			'meta_type'   => 'DATETIME',
			'orderby'     => 'meta_value',
			'order'       => 'DESC',
			'include'     => $stickies
		);

		// Conditionally exclude private/hidden forum ID's
		$exclude_forum_ids = bbp_exclude_forum_ids( 'array' );

		// Maybe remove the current forum from excluded forum IDs
		if ( ! empty( $r['post_parent' ] ) ) {
			unset( $exclude_forum_ids[ $r['post_parent' ] ] );
		}

		// Maybe exclude specific forums
		if ( ! empty( $exclude_forum_ids ) ) {
			$sticky_query['post_parent__not_in'] = $exclude_forum_ids;
		}

		// Allowed statuses, or lean on the 'perm' argument (probably 'readable')
		$sticky_query['post_status'] = bbp_get_view_all( 'edit_others_topics' )
			? $r['post_status']
			: $r['perm'];

		// Get unqueried stickies
		$_posts = get_posts( $sticky_query );
		if ( ! empty( $_posts ) ) {

			// Merge the stickies topics with the query topics .
			$sticky_topics = array_merge( $sticky_topics, $_posts );

			// Get a count of the visible stickies
			$sticky_count = count( $_posts );

			// Adjust loop and counts for new sticky positions
			$query->found_posts = (int) $query->found_posts + (int) $sticky_count;
			$query->post_count  = (int) $query->post_count  + (int) $sticky_count;
		}
	}

	// Bail if no sticky topics empty or not an array
	if ( empty( $sticky_topics ) || ! is_array( $sticky_topics ) ) {
		return;
	}

	// Default ordered stickies array
	$ordered_stickies = array(
		'supers' => array(),
		'forums' => array()
	);

	// Separate supers from forums
	foreach ( $sticky_topics as $post ) {
		if ( in_array( $post->ID, $super_stickies, true ) ) {
			$ordered_stickies['supers'][] = $post;
		} elseif ( in_array( $post->ID, $forum_stickies, true ) ) {
			$ordered_stickies['forums'][] = $post;
		}
	}

	// Merge supers and forums, supers first
	$sticky_topics = array_merge( $ordered_stickies['supers'], $ordered_stickies['forums'] );

	// Update queried posts
	$query->posts = array_merge( $sticky_topics, array_values( $query->posts ) );
}