This is tough. I mean it's Eren we're talking about, so, maybe have him (if it's even possible) have actions so heinous that his tragedy is ultimately invalidated, make him grow to despise his friends, have him take that scene were he beat Armin in Niccolo's restaurant taken MUCH farther than it should've been, and when he's confronted by Hange in the blimp about Sasha's demise, have his laugh not be out of sadness, but out of genuine sadism, like a final "Good Riddance".