I am big on trust an reading a person's vibe..I have to classify you as a good, bad, or someone that is on trial. I'll give people rope to see if they help me OR see them hang themselves... I have no fire signs but I have all three water signs in my natal chart.
I dont know about that leo not being encouraging, havent been around a lot but in my experience thats Taurus, taurus is the biggest hater , they will not give direct compliments, they never encourage, they may not discourage but they give nothing just like a boring aquarius, im sorry but aquarius and frigging Taurus do not get as much hate as they deserve. They arent as bad as a darksided cap or Gemini but they do get a lot of un deserved love.