User blog comment:DementedP/Isayama's take on Episode 23/@comment-7418318-20130915184302

At least they made that laugh look desperate and pained enough to make me think that Annie is trying to emotionally drive the others away from her to escape some of the pain of her betrayal, rather than being genuinely amused, though getting rid of those tears from the sketch was a wrong decision in my opinion.

Having her force this laugh while at the same time being unable to supress the tears would have been a nice touch.