>>95211792Context matters, mostly. In family scenarios, yes. With a cast of only children, yes. But it's a function of the circumstances and the general tone.
>>95211938Only if you establish the opposite expectation first.
This can be done by making her the villain and out to harm someone. Or you have a fake-out where it looks like someone else is being hit, but then she gets hit instead.
But naturally, observation changes the observed object, so the expectation that women in a heterogenous group would not usually be hit is established by a life-long media background.
Which makes Mantis getting hit by a rock so funny in GotG2. It comes out of nowhere, hits the person you'd last expect and upsets your expectation. Then Drax releases the sudden tension with a line that serves to reassure the audience that the movie didn't suddenly start murdering main cast out of some malevolent bent.
