Is it annoying if you write a character getting in trouble often, even if it's not their fault?

I have this girl in my story, who is around 12 years old, who is the main character of the story, or one of the main characters. She is captured by the bad guys very often, and I fear this might get annoying to the reader/viewer/player.

The problem is, I kinda need her to be captured this often for the story. One way I thought about making it less annoying is making sure it's never her fault for being captured, it's usually by an outside force she had no control over. Also, sometimes she manages to escape on her own, or avoids being captured altogether, so it's not like she's completely incapable.

Should I worry about this? Would this annoy people, even if it's not the character's fault?

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